azúcar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish açúcar, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with English sugar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθukaɾ/ [aˈθu.kaɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈsukaɾ/ [aˈsu.kaɾ]
Rhymes: -ukaɾ
Syllabification: a‧zú‧car

Noun

azúcar m or f same meaning (plural azúcares)

sugar

Usage notes

Depending on dialect, when azúcar is immediately preceded by the article, it may be el, even when construed as feminine, even though the initial a is not stressed.
Per the Real Academia Española, azúcar is normally masculine when used in a chemical sense.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bikol Central: asukar
→ Cebuano: asukar
→ Chamorro: asukat
→ Guaraní: asuka
→ Hiligaynon: asukar
→ Ilocano: asukar
→ Limos Kalinga: asukal
→ Quechua: asukar
→ Tagalog: asukal
→ Waray-Waray: asukar
→ Yucatec Maya: asukaar

Further reading

“azúcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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