tabacalera

tobacco company

noun tah-bah-kah-LEH-rah Rare

Usage Note

Tabacalera is derived from tabaco (tobacco) + the suffix -alera, forming a noun for a tobacco-producing or tobacco-selling enterprise. It is best known as the name of the former Spanish state tobacco monopoly (Tabacalera S.A.), privatised in the 1990s. In general use tabacalera can refer to any tobacco company. The masculine adjective tabacalero describes things related to the tobacco trade (industria tabacalera).

Examples

"La tabacalera anunció nuevas restricciones en publicidad."

Natural Translation

The tobacco company announced new advertising restrictions.

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