Smoking, cigarettes - Spanish vocabulary

Spain is full of smokers. Everyone who has visited this country knows that, in spite of the rising prices, many people in Spain keep smoking. What is more, some Spanish artist write songs about cigarettes, like for example El Niño de la Hipoteca and his song "Alquitrán y carmín". Vocabulary related to smoking is useful for both smokers and non-smokers. The members of this first group will need them to talk about their bad habit, the members of the second can use them to convince the first group to quit smoking.

¿Qué podemos fumar? - Things we can smoke

el cigarrillo, el cigarro, el pitillo - cigarette

los cigarrillos normales - regular cigarettes

los cigarrillos largos y finos - slim cigarettes

los cigarrillos de sabores - flavoured cigarettes

los cigarrillos mentolados - menthol cigarettes

los cigarrillos sin filtro - unfiltered cigarettes

la colilla del cigarro - cigarette end, cigarette butt

el filtro - filter

el papel de fumar - rolling paper

el puro - cigar

la pipa - pipe

la pipa de la paz - ceremonial pipe, peace pipe

el cigarrillo electrónico - electronic cigarette, e-cigarette

el rapé/el tabaco para aspirar - snuff

¿Qué hay dentro de un cigarrillo? - What is inside of a cigarette?

la nicotina - nicotine

el alquitrán - bitumen, asphalt

el monóxido de carbono - carbon monoxide

el cadmio - cadmium

la sustancia cancerígena - carcinogen

Algunos accesorios relacionados con el tabaco – Some smoking accessories

el cenicero - ashtray

la ceniza - ash

el humo - smoke, cigarette smoke

las nubes de humo - clouds of smoke

el mechero - lighter

la pitillera, la petaca - cigarette case

la tabaquera - snuffbox

el tabaco - tobacco

el tabaco de pipa - pipe tobacco

el tabaco de liar - rolling tobacco, loose tobacco

el tabaco industrial - tobacco that you can find in ready to smoke cigarettes, the contrary of loose tobacco

el tabaco rubio - light tobacco

el tabaco negro - dark tobacco

la boquilla - mouthpiece of pipe, cigarette filter

un paquete de tabaco - packet of cigarettes

la máquina de hacer cigarrillos - cigarette rolling machine

el detector de humo - smoke detector

el parche de nicotina - nicotine patch

el chicle de nicotina - nicotine chewing gum

Algunos lugares relacionados con el tabaco - Some places related to tobacco

el estanco - special shop where you can buy tobacco

la sala de fumadores / la zona para fumadores - smoking room, smoking lounge

Algunos verbos relacionados con el tabaco – Some verbs related to smoking

fumar - to smoke

vapear - to smoke electronic cigarettes

encender un cigarrillo - to light a cigarette

apagar un cigarrillo - to put out a cigarette

llenar la pipa - to fill a pipe

inhalar, tragar el humo - to inhale a cigarette

dar una calada a alguien - to give somebody a drag of your cigarette

liar un cigarrillo - to roll a cigarette

hacer aros de humo, hacer la "o" - to blow smoke rings

ventilar un cuarto para deshacerse del olor a humo - to air a room in order to get rid of tobacco smell

dejar de fumar - to quit smoking

volverse adicto al cigarrillo/al tabaco - to become addicted to tobacco

estar enganchado al tabaco - to get hooked on tobacco (informal)

ser adicto al tabaco - to be addicted to tobacco (formal)

esnifar rapé - to sniff snuff tobacco

apestar a humo - to stink of smoke

¿Qué puede causar el consumo prolongado de tabaco? - What are the consequences of long term tobacco consumption?

la adicción - addiction

el cáncer de pulmón - lung cancer

las uñas amarillentas/ amarillas - yellowish/yellow nails

la tos de fumador - smoker's cough

la voz ronca/ la ronquera - hoarseness, hoarse throat

ahogarse al toser - to feel like suffocating after coughing

Tipos de fumadores – Types of smokers

un fumador empedernido - hardened smoker

un fumador pasivo - passive smoker

un fumador esporádico, social - recreational, social smoker

un ex fumador - ex-smoker

Expresiones varias – Some expressions

¿Tienes fuego? - Got a light?

Lo siento, no fumo - I'm sorry, I don't smoke

¿Se puede fumar aquí? - Is smoking allowed here?

Aquí no se puede fumar - Smoking is not allowed here

¿Cuántos cigarrillos fumas al día? - How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?

¿Cuánto tiempo llevas fumando? - How long have you been smoking for?

Prohibida la venta de tabaco a menores de 18 años - Sale of tobacco to persons under 18 years of age is prohibited by law

Fumar mata - Smoking kills

Did you know?

El pitillo doesn't only mean cigarette. Pantalón pitillo means skinny jeans.

The verb esfumarse means “to disappear, to vanish”. Its relation to tobacco is strictly metaphorical.

The second and informal meaning of the word mechero is "shop-lifter".

Ash Wednesday in Spanish is Miércoles de ceniza.

Un cenizo or una ceniza, while talking about people, means "jinx". This is an informal expression though, if you need the official one it's better to use the word gafe.

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