charuto

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾu.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾu.to/

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

Hyphenation: cha‧ru‧to

Noun

charuto m (plural charutos)

cigar (rolled bundle of tobacco made for smoking)

Descendants

Kristang: churutu
→ English: cheroot
- → Assamese: চুৰট (surot)
- → Bengali: চুরুট (curuṭ), চুরট (curoṭ)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: चुरुट (curuṭ), चुरूट (curūṭ)
- → Nepali: चुरोट (curoṭ)
- → Odia: ଚୁରଟ୍ (curaṭ)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: 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 Lingua 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