tijereta

Spanish

Etymology

From tijera +‎ -eta. The "earwig" sense comes from a comparison of the forceps to scissors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tixeˈɾeta/ [t̪i.xeˈɾe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ti‧je‧re‧ta

Noun

tijereta f (plural tijeretas)

1. earwig

   Synonyms: tijerilla, dermáptero

2. (soccer) scissor kick
3. (sex) scissoring, tribadism, trib (a sex act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.)

Derived terms

• colibrí tijereta
• golondrina tijereta
• hacer la tijereta
• tijeretazo
• tijeretear

Further reading

• “tijereta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10