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tsé-tsé

Portuguese, noun/ˌtsɛˈtsɛ/

tsé-tsé is spelled T-S-É-T-S-É (6 letters). Tsé-tsé is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tsetse (an African fly known for carrying trypanosomes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a espécies de moscas hematófagas do género/gênero Glossina, nativas da região subsaariana da…”.

What does tsé-tsé mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinetsetse (an African fly known for carrying trypanosomes)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. nome comum a espécies de moscas hematófagas do género/gênero Glossina, nativas da região subsaariana da África (do lago Chade e do Senegal, ao oeste, até o lago Vitória, ao leste), caracterizada por uma probóscide diferente das moscas comuns, e reconhecíveis por em repouso manter as asas sobre o abdome, sendo responsável pela transmissão de vetores (tripanossomas) causadores da doença do sono (hum

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tsé-tsé

  • tsé-tsés plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tsé-tsé?

  • /ˌtsɛˈtsɛ/
  • /ˌθsɛˈθsɛ/ (Maputo, coloquial)

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tsé-tsé

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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