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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescigarro
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /siˈɡa.ro/
"Compró un cigarro barato en el estanco."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A cylindrical roll of fermented and dried tobacco leaves made for smoking.
"He celebrated his promotion by lighting an expensive Cuban cigar." - 2
Anything shaped like a cigar, such as certain types of aircraft or clouds.
"A strange cigar-shaped UFO was reported hovering over the city."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Spanish word 'cigarro', which likely came from the Mayan 'sikar' meaning to smoke rolled tobacco leaves, eventually entering English via French in the mid-18th century. The phrase searched by the user ('cigarro barato') translates directly from Spanish as 'cheap cigar'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cigar" is said worldwide
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cigare
Transliteration: /si.ɡaʁ/
"Il fume un cigare après le dîner."
Zigarre
Transliteration: /tsiˈɡaʁə/
"Er rauchte genüsslich eine Zigarre."
sigaro
Transliteration: /ˈsi.ɡa.ro/
"Il nonno fumava la pipa e il sigaro."
cigarro
Transliteration: /siˈɡa.ro/
"Compró un cigarro barato en el estanco."
charuto
Transliteration: /ʃaˈɾu.tu/
"Ele acendeu um charuto para comemorar."
सिगार
Transliteration: sigār
"उसने एक महंगा सिगार जलाया।"
雪茄
Transliteration: xuějiā
"他在 Speakeasy 酒吧里抽雪茄。"
시가
Transliteration: siga
"그는 특별한 날에만 시가를 피운다."
葉巻
Transliteration: hamaki
"彼はソファーに座って葉巻を吸った。"
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