1º_ Crystallized carbohydrate, very sweet, extracted from some vegetables such as beetroot or sugar cane; Composed of glucose and fructose. It seems to have its etymological origin in Sanskrit 2358; 2352; 2381; 2325; 2352; 2366; ( sárkaraa "arenilla" ), which through Persian 1588; 1705; 1585; (Sakar) and Arabic 1575; 1604; 1587; 1603; 1585; ( as Sukar) came to Spanish already as 'sugar'. See sucrose. 2º_ Precisely because of the sweetness, it is used as an adjective in a figurative sense to call something or someone affectionately.