vassoura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈso(w).ɾɐ/ [vaˈso(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈso(w).ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈsow.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈso.ɾɐ/

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [bɐˈsow.ɾɐ]
• Hyphenation: vas‧sou‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-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)

1. broom (domestic utensil used to sweep)
2. broom (any of several shrubs with thin, long branches)

Derived terms

• vassourada
• vassourão
• vassoura-de-bruxa
• vassourar

Related terms

• varrer (“sweep”)

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