assucar

Occitan

Etymology

a- +‎ suc +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

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Verb

assucar

  1. to knock out; to knock unconscious
  2. (by extension) to hit (someone)

Conjugation

Portuguese

Noun

assucar m (plural assucares)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of açúcar.
    • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XIII, in Cahetés[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 100:
      — Impostora! resmunguei deitando assucar no café. Hypocrita! “Festa de muita piedade...”
      “Impostor!”, I grunted scooping sugar into my coffee. “Hypocrite! ‘celebration of great piety’...”

Usage notes

This spelling coexisted with, but was more common than, the etymologically correct açucar.