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tabacco

tobacco

noun tah-BAHK-koh Rare

Origin: Spanish tabaco, from Taíno

Usage Note

Tabacco is masculine: il tabacco. A tabaccheria (tobacconist's shop) is also where Italians buy stamps, bus tickets, and lottery scratch cards — making it a quintessential neighbourhood stop. The double 'c' keeps the hard 'k' sound before the 'o'.

Examples

"Il medico gli ha consigliato di smettere con il tabacco."

Natural Translation

The doctor advised him to give up tobacco.

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