almoço

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Etymology 1

    From Old Galician-Portuguese *almorço, from Vulgar Latin *admordium, from Latin admordeō (“to bite or gnaw at or into”).

    Compare Galician almorzo and Spanish almuerzo.

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    Pronunciation

     

    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
    Descendants
    • Angolar: lomothu
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: almos, almosu
    • Indo-Portuguese: almoça
    • Kabuverdianu: almusu
    • Principense: romosu
    • Tetum: almosu

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

     

    • Rhymes: -ɔsu
    • Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço

    Verb

    almoço

    1. first-person singular present indicative of almoçar
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