açúcar

See also: açucar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• açucre (dated or dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škʿ /⁠šakar⁠/), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”), originally "grit, gravel", from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsu.kɐʁ/ [aˈsu.kɐh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsu.kɐʁ/ [aˈsu.kɐh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈsu.kɐɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈsu.kɐʁ/ [aˈsu.kɐχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsu.kaɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsu.kaɾ/, /ɐˈsu.kɐɾ/

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsu.kɐɹ/
• Hyphenation: a‧çú‧car

• Audio (Portugal):

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Noun

açúcar m (plural açúcares)

1. (uncountable) sugar
2. (countable, chemistry) sugar

Derived terms

• açúcar de confeiteiro
• açúcar em caixa
• açúcar mascavado
• açúcar mascavo
• açúcar-cande
• açucarado
• açucarar
• açucareiro
• açucarzinho
• cana-de-açúcar

 

Descendants

• → Kaingang: asuka
• → Old Tupi: asukiri, asukari
  • Nheengatu: asukirí
• → Papiamentu: suku