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cigarillo rubio

English translation: blonde cigarette

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Spanish term or phrase:cigarillo rubio
English translation:blonde cigarette
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy

21:35 Jun 2, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: cigarillo rubio
"X es un cigarillo rubio"
In a text about a tobacco firm. What is this called in English, when referring to cigarettes not tobacco in general? My dictionary says Virginia, but virginia cigarettes doesn't sound right. (as opposed to Camel, for example) - earlier Proz answers refer to tobacco not cigarettes and the answers don't seem to be much help (soft, Virginian, etc.)
MargaBBB
Local time: 14:32
blonde cigarette
Explanation:
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Note added at 8 minutos (2009-06-02 21:43:36 GMT)
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Also referred to as 'American blend':


Altadis has raised the price of its cigarette in Spain by 10 Euro cents, affecting both its blonde and dark tobacco lines. Principle ***blonde cigarette*** brands Fortuna and Nobel, along with dark market leader Ducados went up from E2.40 to E2.50. Ducados Rubio increase to E2.30 and Gauloises Rubio to E2.70.
http://www.worldtobacco.co.uk/shownews.asp?pubid=27&nav=1&ne...

In 2006 some 55.7 billion cigarettes were purchased in France (up by 1.8%) with a value of Euro 13.3 billion. But the relatively stable overall performance of the market masks a sea-change in French tastes with **American-blend or "blonde" cigarettes***, such as Altria's Marlboro, increasingly taking market share from the traditional "black" tobacco cigarettes now almost exclusively made by Altardis and which have slumped in popularity since 2002. In 2006 more than 90% of sticks sold in France were American-blend.
http://www.internationalnewsservices.com/articles/36-archive...
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Lisa McCarthy
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Local time: 14:32
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4 +4blonde cigarette
Lisa McCarthy
4 +1Virginia/blonde tobacco cigarette
Silvia Hanine-Studnicki


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
blonde cigarette


Explanation:
-

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Note added at 8 minutos (2009-06-02 21:43:36 GMT)
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Also referred to as 'American blend':


Altadis has raised the price of its cigarette in Spain by 10 Euro cents, affecting both its blonde and dark tobacco lines. Principle ***blonde cigarette*** brands Fortuna and Nobel, along with dark market leader Ducados went up from E2.40 to E2.50. Ducados Rubio increase to E2.30 and Gauloises Rubio to E2.70.
http://www.worldtobacco.co.uk/shownews.asp?pubid=27&nav=1&ne...

In 2006 some 55.7 billion cigarettes were purchased in France (up by 1.8%) with a value of Euro 13.3 billion. But the relatively stable overall performance of the market masks a sea-change in French tastes with **American-blend or "blonde" cigarettes***, such as Altria's Marlboro, increasingly taking market share from the traditional "black" tobacco cigarettes now almost exclusively made by Altardis and which have slumped in popularity since 2002. In 2006 more than 90% of sticks sold in France were American-blend.
http://www.internationalnewsservices.com/articles/36-archive...


Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 14:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 152
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Sepúlveda (X)
15 mins
  -> Thanks, Darwinista!
agree  swisstell: blond cigarillo (a cigarillo being a small cigar but definitely larger than a cigarette)
19 mins
  -> Thanks, Swisstell - I think 'cigarillo' is just cigarette though, and not a small cigar
agree  Rachel Fell
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Rachel
agree  Gilberto Diaz Castro
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Gilberto
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Virginia/blonde tobacco cigarette


Explanation:
There is blonde and dark or black tobacco.


    Reference: http://commodities.caes.uga.edu/fieldcrops/Tobacco/hotline-j...
    Reference: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/10/3002.pdf
Silvia Hanine-Studnicki
United States
Local time: 05:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Rawlins: English cigarettes are Virginia blend
1 hr
  -> Thank you John!
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