tusar

See also: Tušar

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tusar (“to shear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈsaɾ/ [tuˈsaɾ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧sar

Noun

tusár (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜐᜍ᜔)

1. (dialectal) haircut

   Synonyms: bulog, gunting, gupit

Derived terms

• magtusar
• paratusar
• patusar
• tusaran

Spanish

Etymology

From tuso +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈsaɾ/ [t̪uˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tu‧sar

Verb

tusar (first-person singular present tuso, first-person singular preterite tusé, past participle tusado) (Latin America)

1. to shear

   Synonyms: cizallar, esquilar, tonsular, tundir

2. (colloquial) to trim, clip

   Synonym: recortar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tusar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tusar
gerund			tusando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tusado		tusada
		plural		tusados		tusadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tuso	tusastú tusásvos	tusa	tusamos	tusáis	tusan
	imperfect	tusaba	tusabas	tusaba	tusábamos	tusabais	tusaban
	preterite	tusé	tusaste	tusó	tusamos	tusasteis	tusaron
	future	tusaré	tusarás	tusará	tusaremos	tusaréis	tusarán
	conditional	tusaría	tusarías	tusaría	tusaríamos	tusaríais	tusarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tuse	tusestú tusésvos2	tuse	tusemos	tuséis	tusen
	imperfect (ra)	tusara	tusaras	tusara	tusáramos	tusarais	tusaran
	imperfect (se)	tusase	tusases	tusase	tusásemos	tusaseis	tusasen
	future1	tusare	tusares	tusare	tusáremos	tusareis	tusaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tusatú tusávos	tuse	tusemos	tusad	tusen
	negative		no tuses	no tuse	no tusemos	no tuséis	no tusen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “tusar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025