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açucar

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See also: açúcar

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar), from Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar).

    Cognate with Old Spanish açucar.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /aˈt͡sukaɾ/
    • Rhymes: -ukaɾ
    • Hyphenation: a‧çu‧car

    Noun

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    açúcar m (plural açúcares)

    1. sugar

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Fala: azuca, azúcar
    • Galician: azucre
    • Portuguese: açúcar (see there for further descendants)

    References

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    • José Pedro Machado (1995) “açúcar”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 91, column 2
    • Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (20202025) “açúcar”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

    Portuguese

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    Noun

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    açucar m (plural açucares)

    1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of açúcar.