vassoura
Portuguese, noun/vaˈso(w).ɾɐ/
vassoura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “broom (domestic utensil used to sweep)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of vassourar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “utensílio para varrer o lixo feito de ramos, giestas, piaçaba, etc”.
What does vassoura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebroom (domestic utensil used to sweep)
- 2
femininebroom (any of several shrubs with thin, long branches)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. utensílio para varrer o lixo feito de ramos, giestas, piaçaba, etc
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 vassoura
- vassouras plural
- bassoura alternative dialectal
- vassoira alternative dialectal
- bassoira alternative dialectal
- vassôra alternative pronunciation-spelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vassoura?
- Brazil /vaˈso(w).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [vaˈso(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /vɐˈso(w).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vassoura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vassoura in Portuguese?
vassoura appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).