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"Cigar" is a noun which is often translated as "el puro", and "cigarette" is a noun which is often translated as "el cigarrillo". Learn more about the difference between "cigar" and "cigarette" below.
cigar(
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gar
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
b. el cigarro (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Selma stepped out to the hotel's sidewalk to smoke a cigar and enjoy the city lights.Selma salió a la banqueta del hotel para fumar un cigarro y disfrutar de las luces de la ciudad.
c. el tabaco (M) (Cuba) (Venezuela)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Cuba
Regionalism used in Venezuela
I'm going to smoke a cigar. Do you have a light?Voy a fumar un tabaco. ¿Tienes fuego?
cigarette(
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guh
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reht
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el cigarrillo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He smokes a pack of cigarettes every day.Fuma una cajetilla de cigarrillos todos los días.
b. el cigarro (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Today she smoked her last cigarette.Hoy se fumó su último cigarro.
