tabagismo

Italian

Noun

tabagismo m (plural tabagismi)

1. tobacco smoking
2. (medicine) chronic poisoning as a result of smoking

Related terms

• tabagista

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French tabagisme.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.baˈʒiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.baˈʒiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ta.baˈʒiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.baˈʒiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.bɐˈʒiʒ.mu/ [tɐ.βɐˈʒiʒ.mu]

• Rhymes: -izmu, -iʒmu
• Hyphenation: ta‧ba‧gis‧mo

Noun

tabagismo m (plural tabagismos)

1. smoking (excessive tobacco consumption)
2. smoking (dependence on tobacco consumption)
3. (medicine) nicotinism (set of physiological and psychological problems due to excessive tobacco consumption)

Further reading

• “tabagismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “tabagismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024