sugar
nounmasculine/ɐɡuˈsaɾ/alta
a·çu·car
Definition
Crystalline, sweet substance, obtained mainly from sugar cane or sugar beet, used as a sweetener.
I prefer coffee without sugar.
Sugar is a fundamental ingredient in baking.
Common collocations
white sugarbrown sugarsugar cubeblood sugar
Idiomatic expressions
- blood sugar (glucose in the blood)
Etymology
Do árabe andalusino 'as-sukkar', por sua vez do persa 'shakar'.