tesourinha
Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃi.zo(w)ˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
tesourinha is spelled T-E-S-O-U-R-I-N-H-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tesourinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “swallow-tailed cotinga (Phibalura flavirostris, a passerine bird of South America)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of tesoura.
What does tesourinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of tesoura
- 2
feminineswallow-tailed cotinga (Phibalura flavirostris, a passerine bird of South America)
- 3
feminineearwig (any of various insects of the order Dermaptera)
- 4
Brazilfemininetribbing, scissoring
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tesourinha
- tesourinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tesourinha?
- Brazil /t͡ʃi.zo(w)ˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [t͡ʃi.zo(ʊ̯)ˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Brazil /te.zo(w)ˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tesourinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tesourinha in Portuguese?
tesourinha appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).