tesourar

• tesoirar

From tesoura (“scissors”) +‎ -ar.

• (to badmouth): Attested as early as the 1900s and referred to as slang.^[1]

• (to trib): Semantic loan from English scissor. First attested in the 2010s.

• Hyphenation: te‧sou‧rar

tesourar (first-person singular present tesouro, first-person singular preterite tesourei, past participle tesourado)

1. (transitive) to scissor (cut using scissors)
   • 2009 December 30, @ladynaza, Twitter‎^[1] (post):

     Até agora, a proposta pra tesoureira do Banco do Brasil é a mais tentadora. Adoro tesourar, picotar e ganhar dinheiro. HAHAHA

     Up to this point, the offering for the treasurer role at Banco do Brasil is the most tempting. I love to scissor, cut things up and make money.

   • 2020 November 28, @Manoellisboa5, Twitter‎^[2] (post):

     Esse cabelinho do MT é a coisa mais ridícula, só sobe pro profissional se virar homem e tesourar essa merda. Se bem que não tá jogando nada. Arthur Salles eu subiria.

     MT’s haircut is the most ridiculous thing, he’ll only become a pro player if he mans up and scissors this shit. Actually, he doesn’t even play well. I would move Arthur Salles up.

2. (transitive or intransitive) to scissor (excise or expunge)
   • 2024 November 13, @AladdinSane80, X (formerly Twitter)‎^[3] (post):

     A reprise de Tieta começa em dezembro e termina em fevereiro de tanto que a Bispa vai tesourar a novela

     The Tieta reair is going to begin in December and end in February with how much Bispa will cut from the soap

3. (transitive or intransitive, informal) to badmouth (speak ill of someone)
   • 1904 October 9, “Um caso escandaloso”, in Correio da Manhã, volume IV, number 1214, Rio de Janeiro, page 2:

     Mas, só para chegar ao convite era uma tortura e depois, a lembrança de que se havia de dizer, de se commentar, de se conversar na botica e tesourar durante a ceia fazia desanimar.

     But just getting to the [wedding] proposal was already a torture, and then remembering that one would have to talk, comment, discuss at the pharmacy, and gossip over dinner was discouraging.

   • 2009 October 1, @Twiter_Frases, Twitter‎^[4] (post):

     @Angelicakeka ja voltou linda q bom vc aki ai podemos tesourar os outros rsrs

     @Angelicakeka R u back bb that’s nice ur here so we can rant abt other people lol

4. (Brazil, usually intransitive, LGBTQ slang, Internet slang) to scissor, to trib (engage in tribadism)

   Synonyms: fazer tesourinha, colar velcro, (dated) bater bolacha

   • 2017 November 20, @heyana19, Twitter‎^[5] (post):

     CHEGUEI
     tô preparada pra colar
     quando o grave bater eu vou tesourar
     na sua cara vou jogar e rebolar
     por que eu sou linda lésbica e louca.

     IM HERE
     and im all ready to trib
     when the bass drops im gonna scissor
     ill throw it on your face and twerk
     cuz i’m a beautiful crazy lesbian.

   • 2023 November 18, @thomccallister, X (formerly Twitter)‎^[6] (post):

     Mel,ela tesourou com a sua mãe para você estar tão obcecada assim?

     Mel, did she scissor your mother to make you obsessed like this?

• “tesourar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tesourar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tesourar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “tesourar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “tesourar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026