açúcar

See also: açucar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar),[1][2] 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]
    • (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)(file)

Noun

açúcar m (plural açúcares)

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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Kaingang: asuka
  • → Papiamentu: suku

References
  1. “açúcar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “açúcar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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