tabaco

See also: Tabaco

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈbako/ [t̪aˈβ̞ɑ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: ta‧ba‧co

Noun

tabaco m (plural tabacos)

1. tobacco
2. a tobacco plant

Derived terms

• tabaqueiro

Further reading

• “tabaco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “tabaco”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Interlingua

Noun

tabaco (plural tabacos)

1. tobacco

Latin

Noun

tabacō

1. dative/ablative singular of tabacum

References

• “tabaco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• tabaco in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco. See tobacco for more.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈba.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈba.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈba.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈba.ku/ [tɐˈβa.ku]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -aku
• Hyphenation: ta‧ba‧co

Noun

tabaco m (plural tabacos)

1. (botany) Nicotiana tabacum
   1. (botany) common name, extended to other plants of the genus Nicotiana, whose leaves are used in the production of cigarettes, cigars, etc.
2. (chiefly Northeast Brazil, colloquial) vagina, vulva

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Descendants

• → Gujarati: તમાકુ (tamāku)
• → Japanese: たばこ (tabako)
• → Japanese: タバコ (tabako)
  • → Early Modern Korean: 담파고 (tamphakwo)
  • → Ainu: タンパク (tampaku), タㇺパク

Further reading

• “tabaco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tabaco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tabaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “tobacco”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Spanish

Etymology

Said from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from Kari'na and/or Taíno, from tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈbako/ [t̪aˈβ̞a.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ta‧ba‧co

Noun

tabaco m (plural tabacos)

1. tobacco

Derived terms

• antitabaco
• tabacalera
• tabaco cimarrón
• tabaquera
• tabaquero
• tabaquismo

Descendants

• → Arabic: تِبْغ (tibḡ)
• → English: tobacco, tabacco (obsolete)
  • → Irish: tobaca
  • → Scottish Gaelic: tombaca
  • → Welsh: tybaco
• → French: tabac
  • → Dutch: tabak
  • → German: Tabak
  • → Irish: tobac
  • → Romanian: tabac
  • → Russian: таба́к (tabák)
  • → Yiddish: טאַבאַק (tabak)
• → Portuguese: tabaco
  • → Gujarati: તમાકુ (tamāku)
  • → Japanese: たばこ (tabako)
  • → Japanese: タバコ (tabako)
    • → Early Modern Korean: 담파고 (tamphakwo)
    • → Ainu: タンパク (tampaku), タㇺパク

Further reading

• “tabaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025