tesourinha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.zo(w)ˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [te.zo(ʊ̯)ˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.zo(w)ˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [te.zo(ʊ̯)ˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.zo(w)ˈɾi.ɲa/ [te.zo(ʊ̯)ˈɾi.ɲa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.zo(w)ˈɾi.ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.zo(w)ˈɾi.ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.zowˈɾi.ɲɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.zoˈɾi.ɲɐ/

Noun

tesourinha f (plural tesourinhas)

1. diminutive of tesoura
2. swallow-tailed cotinga (Phibalura flavirostris, a passerine bird of South America)
3. earwig (any of various insects of the order Dermaptera)

   Synonyms: bicha-cadela, rapino, lacrainha, rapelho