charuto

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾu.tu/

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

 

• (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

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)

Further reading

• “charuto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “charuto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025