charuto

Portuguese

charutos

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil சுருட்டு (curuṭṭu, “roll (of tobacco)”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾu.tu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈɾu.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈɾu.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈɾu.tu/

• Hyphenation: cha‧ru‧to

Noun

charuto m (plural charutos)

1. cigar (rolled bundle of tobacco made for smoking)

Descendants

• Kristang: churutu
• → English: cheroot
  • → Assamese: চুৰট (surot)
  • → Bengali: চুরুট (curuṭ), চুরট (curoṭ)
    • Nepali: चुरोट (curoṭ)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: चुरुट (curuṭ), चुरूट (curūṭ)

  • → Odia: ଚୁରଟ୍ (curaṭ)
  • → Punjabi: ਚੁਰਟ (curaṭ)
• → Hunsrik: Scharutt
• → Malay: cerutu, cerut
  • Indonesian: cerutu
  • → Cantonese: 珠律 (zu3 leot1)
  • → Min Nan: 珠律 (chu-lu̍t)

See also

• cigarro

Further reading

• “charuto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “charuto”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026
• “charuto”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “charuto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “charuto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026