Similar words
fumo
fumo is more colloquial, and also means "smoke" itself; tabaco is the more formal, standard word for the plant or product — both mean "tobacco."
Similar in other languages
German
Tabak
Tabak is the German word for the same thing — both mean "tobacco."
Spanish
tabaco
tabaco is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "tobacco."
Practice
1 What does tabaco mean?
tobacco
2 Fill the gap: O ___ faz mal.
Full sentence: O tabaco faz mal. (Tobacco is harmful.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches tabaco?
tabaco: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.