tijera

f.

1 scissors.

unas tijeras (a pair of) scissors/shears

de tijera folding (escalera, silla)

tijeras de podar secateurs

2 Carpenter's horse, cooper's mare, for holding the wood while dressing, any instrument in the form of an X.

3 Sheep-shearer.

4 A small channel or drain.

5 Detractor, murmurer.

Meter la tijera en to cut into

Silla de tijera folding chair

6 pair of scissors, scissor.

7 folding bed, cot, pliable canvas bed.

8 clipper.

9 scissors jump.

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tijera

► nombre femenino

1 (Generally used in plural) (instrumento) scissors plural, pair of scissors

2 figurado (persona) gossip

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SF

1) (tb: tijeras) scissors pl ; [para jardín] shears pl , clippers pl

unas tijeras — a pair of scissors

meter la tijera en algo — to cut into sth

es un trabajo de tijera — it's a scissors-and-paste job

tijeras de coser — sewing scissors

tijeras de podar — secateurs

tijeras para las uñas — nail scissors

tijeras podadoras — secateurs

2) [de bicicleta] fork

3)

de tijera — folding

silla de tijera — (=con respaldo) folding chair; (=banqueta) folding stool, camp stool

escalera de tijera — steps, step-ladder

4) LAm (Zool) claw, pincer

5) * (=persona) gossip

ser una buena tijera, tener buena tijera — (=chismoso) to be a great gossip; (=mordaz) to have a sharp tongue; (=criticón) be a scandalmonger

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tijera nf

1. [para cortar] scissors;

[de jardinero, esquilador] shears;

unas tijeras (a pair of) scissors/shears;

de tijera [escalera, silla] folding;

Comp

meter la tijera a [censurar] to cut, to take the scissors to

Comp

tijeras de podar pruning shears, Br secateurs

2. Dep

de tijera: meter un gol de tijera to score with a bicycle o scissors kick

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tijera nf

1) or

tijeras nfpl : scissors

2)

de tijera : folding

escalera de tijera: stepladder

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tijera n scissors

unas tijeras some scissors / a pair of scissors