tesoira

Galician

Diferentes tipos de tesoiras. (different kinds of scissors)

Alternative forms

• teseira, tiseira, tixeira, tixoira, texoira, tesoura

Etymology

Attested from 1402. From Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“I shear”). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈsojɾa̝/

Noun

tesoira f (plural tesoiras)

1. (usually in the plural) scissors, shears
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 343:

     dous piliquos et hua pele falisa et tres teseyras et huun coytelo de tallar

     two hides and a pelt and three scissors and a knife for cutting

2. rafter

   Synonym: cango

Derived terms

• tesoirada
• tesoiro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tixeira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tesoira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tesoira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Noun

tesoira f (plural tesoiras)

1. Dated form of tesoura.