almoço
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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
- Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço
Noun
almoço m (plural almoços, metaphonic)
- 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
Related terms
Descendants
- Angolar: lomothu
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: almos, almosu
- Indo-Portuguese: almoça
- Kabuverdianu: almusu
- Principense: romosu
- Tetum: almosu
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço
Verb
almoço