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

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

Noun

almoço m (plural almoços, metaphonic)

  1. lunch (meal eaten at noon)
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
Descendants
  • Angolar: lomothu
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: almos, almosu
  • Indo-Portuguese: almoça
  • Kabuverdianu: almusu
  • Principense: romosu
  • Tetum: almosu

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈmɔ.su/ [aʊ̯ˈmɔ.su]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈmɔ.so/ [aʊ̯ˈmɔ.so]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈmɔ.su/ [aɫˈmɔ.su]

  • Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço

Verb

almoço

  1. first-person singular present indicative of almoçar
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