"açúcar" meaning in Portuguese

See açúcar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /aˈsu.kɐʁ/ [Brazil], [aˈsu.kɐh] [Brazil], /aˈsu.kɐʁ/ [Brazil], [aˈsu.kɐh] [Brazil], /aˈsu.kɐɾ/ [São-Paulo], /aˈsu.kɐʁ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [aˈsu.kɐχ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /aˈsu.kaɻ/ [Southern-Brazil], /ɐˈsu.kaɾ/ [Portugal], /ɐˈsu.kɐɾ/ [Portugal], /ɐˈsu.kɐɹ/ (note: Rural Central Brazil) Audio: Pt-açúcar.ogg Forms: açúcares [plural], açucre [alternative], assucar [alternative], açucar [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese açúcar, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar), 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”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|inh|roa-opt>açúcar>sugar|id=sugar}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|açúcar|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese açúcar, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|açúcar}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese açúcar, {{der|pt|xaa|سكر|alt=السُكَّر|tr=as-sukkar}} Andalusian Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar), {{der|pt|ar|سكر|السُكَّر}} Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar), {{der|pt|fa|شکر|tr=šakar}} Persian شکر (šakar), {{der|pt|pal|𐭱𐭪𐭥|ts=šakar}} Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škʿ /⁠šakar⁠/), {{der|pt|sa|शर्करा|t=ground or candied sugar|tr=śárkarā}} Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*ḱorkeh₂|t=gravel, boulder}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|~}} açúcar m (countable and uncountable, plural açúcares)
  1. (uncountable) sugar Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-açúcar-pt-noun-zHZ~scbv
  2. (countable, chemistry) sugar Tags: countable, masculine Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-açúcar-pt-noun-zHZ~scbv1 Categories (other): Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "açúcar de confeiteiro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "açúcar em caixa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "açúcar mascavado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "açúcar mascavo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "açúcar-cande"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "açucarado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "açucarar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "açucareiro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "açucarzinho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cana-de-açúcar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mamão com açúcar"
    }
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Araweté: axuka",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Araweté: axuka"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gub",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Guajajára: axuk",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Guajajára: axuk"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kgp",
            "2": "asuka",
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          "expansion": "→ Kaingang: asuka",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Kaingang: asuka"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "tpw",
            "2": "asukiri",
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          "name": "desctree"
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      "text": "→ Old Tupi: asukiri, asukari\nNheengatu: asukirí"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
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          "expansion": "→ Papiamentu: suku",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Papiamentu: suku"
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
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        "pos": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "xaa",
        "3": "سكر",
        "alt": "السُكَّر",
        "tr": "as-sukkar"
      },
      "expansion": "Andalusian Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "سكر",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
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        "3": "شکر",
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      },
      "expansion": "Persian شکر (šakar)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭱𐭪𐭥",
        "ts": "šakar"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škʿ /⁠šakar⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "शर्करा",
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        "1": "pt",
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    {
      "form": "açúcares",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "açucre",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assucar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "açucar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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    "a‧çú‧car"
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "“Impostor!”, I grunted scooping sugar into my coffee. “Hypocrite! ‘celebration of great piety’...”",
          "ref": "1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XIII, in Cahetés, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 100:",
          "text": "— Impostora! resmunguei deitando assucar no café. Hypocrita! “Festa de muita piedade...”",
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        }
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          "sugar",
          "sugar"
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        "(uncountable) sugar"
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        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "3 97",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "sugar",
          "sugar"
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        "countable",
        "masculine"
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        "chemistry",
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      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈsu.kɐh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsu.kɐʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈsu.kɐh]",
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        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsu.kɐɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/aˈsu.kɐʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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      "ipa": "[aˈsu.kɐχ]",
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        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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      "ipa": "/aˈsu.kaɻ/",
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      "ipa": "/ɐˈsu.kaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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      "ipa": "/ɐˈsu.kɐɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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      "ipa": "/ɐˈsu.kɐɹ/",
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    "Portuguese terms derived from Arabic",
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    {
      "word": "açúcar de confeiteiro"
    },
    {
      "word": "açúcar em caixa"
    },
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      "word": "açúcar mascavado"
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    {
      "word": "açúcar mascavo"
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      "word": "açúcar-cande"
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    {
      "word": "açucarado"
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    {
      "word": "açucarar"
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    {
      "word": "açucareiro"
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    {
      "word": "açucarzinho"
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      "word": "cana-de-açúcar"
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      "word": "mamão com açúcar"
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            "1": "pap",
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          "name": "desc"
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        "1": "pt",
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        "1": "pt",
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "*ḱorkeh₂",
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      "form": "açúcares",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "açucre",
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    {
      "form": "assucar",
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      "form": "açucar",
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    "a‧çú‧car"
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Portuguese terms with quotations",
        "Portuguese uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "“Impostor!”, I grunted scooping sugar into my coffee. “Hypocrite! ‘celebration of great piety’...”",
          "ref": "1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XIII, in Cahetés, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 100:",
          "text": "— Impostora! resmunguei deitando assucar no café. Hypocrita! “Festa de muita piedade...”",
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        }
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        "sugar"
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          "sugar"
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        "(uncountable) sugar"
      ],
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        "pt:Chemistry"
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "sugar",
          "sugar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, chemistry) sugar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsu.kɐʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈsu.kɐh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsu.kɐʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈsu.kɐh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsu.kɐɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsu.kɐʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈsu.kɐχ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsu.kaɻ/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐˈsu.kaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐˈsu.kɐɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐˈsu.kɐɹ/",
      "note": "Rural Central Brazil"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Pt-açúcar.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/Pt-a%C3%A7%C3%BAcar.ogg/Pt-a%C3%A7%C3%BAcar.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Pt-a%C3%A7%C3%BAcar.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pt:açúcar"
  ],
  "word": "açúcar"
}

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