cigarillo

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US/ˌsɪɡəˈɹɪloʊ/

noun

A thin cigar, differing from a cigarette in being wrapped with tobacco leaves rather than paper.

OriginSpanish cigarrillo →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nouncigarillo (plural cigarillos or cigarilloes)

plural cigarillos · plural cigarilloes

  1. A thin cigar, differing from a cigarette in being wrapped with tobacco leaves rather than paper.

Origin

  1. Spanishcigarrillo
  2. Englishcigarillo

Borrowed from Spanish cigarrillo, from cigarro (“cigar”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 小雪茄煙 /小雪茄烟
  • 小雪茄煙 /小雪茄烟 (xiǎo xuějiā yān)thin cigar
Finnish pikkusikari
  • pikkusikarithin cigar
French cigarillo
  • cigarillothin cigar
German Zigarillo
  • Zigarillothin cigar
Hungarian szivarka
  • szivarkathin cigar
Italian cigarillo, sigaretto
  • cigarillothin cigar
  • sigarettothin cigar
Japanese シガリロ
  • シガリロ (shigariro)thin cigar
Norwegian Bokmål sigarillo
  • sigarillothin cigar
Polish cygaretka
  • cygaretkathin cigar
Portuguese cigarrilha
  • cigarrilhathin cigar
Russian сигари́лла
  • сигари́лла (sigarílla)thin cigar
Spanish puro pequeño, cigarrillo
  • puro pequeñothin cigar
  • cigarrillothin cigar
Swedish cigarill
  • cigarillthin cigar
Turkish sigarillo
  • sigarillothin cigar
Cite this entry
APA

cigarillo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarillo

MLA

“cigarillo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarillo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cigarillo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarillo.

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