vassoura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈso(w).ɾɐ/ [vaˈso(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈso(w).ɾa/ [vaˈso(ʊ̯).ɾa]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐˈso(w).ɾɐ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈsow.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐˈso.ɾɐ/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vassoyra, from Vulgar Latin *versōria, ultimately derived from Latin verrō (“sweep”). Cognate with Galician vasoira.

Alternative forms

Noun

vassoura f (plural vassouras)

  1. broom (domestic utensil used to sweep)
  2. broom (any of several shrubs with thin, long branches)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Macanese: vassôra
  • Papiamentu: basora

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vassoura

  1. inflection of vassourar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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