Join

Find an Online Portuguese Tutor at

Lexis Rex Home

Portuguese Word of the Day

tesoura



scissors
scissors

Gender

The gender of tesoura is feminine. E.g. a tesoura.

Plural

The plural of tesoura is tesouras.

Definitions

Portuguese > English
tesoura
     1. n-f. scissors (tool used for cutting)
     2. n-f. (architecture) a type of truss (framework of beams forming a rigid structure) used in rooves
     3. n-f. scissor-tailed flycatcher (a species of bird)
     4. n-f. earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera)
     5. n-f. fiddler crab
     6. n-f. (football) a form of sliding tackle where the player performing the tackle has his legs wide open
     7. n-f. (martial arts) scissor kick (a kick where the attacker attempts to grabs his opponent’s neck with his legs)
     8. v. verb form of tesourar
tesourar
Portuguese > Portuguese
tesoura
     1. Substantivo. instrumento com duas lâminas móveis e cortantes reunidas por um eixo
     2. Substantivo. pessoa maledicente
     3. Substantivo. modalidade de golpe de certas lutas desportivas
     4. Substantivo. peças de madeira ou ferro que suportam o telhado de um edifício
English > Portuguese
scissors
     1. tesoura



Review previous words


Random





Learn these with
Multiple Choice
Hangman
Word Search
Crosswords
Memory
Flash Cards


Get our beginner's crossword book

 




Subscribe to Word of the Day
Email: