almoço
See also: almôço
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese almorço, from Latin admorsus or Vulgar Latin *admordium, in either case deriving from Latin admordeō (“to bite or gnaw at or into”). Compare Spanish almuerzo.
Alternative forms
- almôço (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈmo.su/ [aʊ̯ˈmo.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈmo.so/ [aʊ̯ˈmo.so]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈmo.su/ [aɫˈmo.su]
- Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço
Usage notes
- The plural is metaphonic in Portugal, but not in Brazil.
Derived terms
- almocinho (diminutive), almoçozinho (diminutive)
- almoção (augmentative)
- almoçador
- almoço ajantarado
- pequeno-almoço
Related terms
Descendants
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