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Pronunciation / Transliteration: açúcar
"Comprei um quilo de açúcar."
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A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugarcane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as an ingredient in food and drink.
"She added two spoons of sugar to her coffee."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Sanskrit word 'śarkarā' meaning 'ground or candied sugar', which passed through Persian as 'shakar', Arabic as 'sukkar', and Old Italian as 'zucchero' before entering Middle English in the 14th century. Over centuries, the term expanded from referring strictly to cane-derived sweeteners to encompassing various sweet, soluble carbohydrates.
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sucre
Transliteration: sucre
"Il met du sucre dans son thé."
Zucker
Transliteration: Zucker
"Er mag keinen Zucker im Kaffee."
zucchero
Transliteration: zucchero
"Aggiungi un po' di zucchero alla torta."
azúcar
Transliteration: azúcar
"El café necesita más azúcar."
açúcar
Transliteration: açúcar
"Comprei um quilo de açúcar."
चीनी
Transliteration: chini
"दूध में चीनी मिलाओ।"
糖
Transliteration: táng
"请给我加一点糖。"
설탕
Transliteration: seoltang
"커피에 설탕을 넣으세요."
砂糖
Transliteration: satō
"コーヒーに砂糖を入れますか？"
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