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/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐˈso.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [bɐˈsow.ɾɐ]
- Hyphenation: vas‧sou‧ra
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese vassoyra, from Vulgar Latin *versōria, ultimately derived from Latin verrō (“sweep”). Cognate with Galician vasoira.
Alternative forms
- vassoira (obsolete, regional)
- vassoyra (obsolete)
- bassoura (regional)
- bassoira (obsolete, regional)
Noun
vassoura f (plural vassouras)
- broom (domestic utensil used to sweep)
- broom (any of several shrubs with thin, long branches)
Related terms
- varrer (“sweep”)
Descendants
- Papiamentu: basora
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vassoura
- inflection of vassourar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative