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Italian

tabacco

/taˈbak.ko/noun · masculineB1
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Meaning

tobacco

  • snuff (properly tabacco da fiuto)

In a sentence

Non compro più tabacco da anni.

I haven't bought tobacco in years.

Hai del tabacco da fiuto in casa?

Do you have any snuff at home?

Ieri ho sentito odore di tabacco nel bar.

Yesterday I smelled tobacco in the bar.

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
tabaccomasculine · singular
tabacchimasculine · plural

Usage notes

  • Use tabacco for the substance in general; sigaretta, sigaro, and pipa name the product or way of smoking, not the material.
  • For snuff, Italians usually say tabacco da fiuto; tabacco alone normally means tobacco in general.
  • Often used in fixed phrases like industria del tabacco or odore di tabacco; article choice follows normal count/mass-noun patterns.
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