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Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese *almorço, from Vulgar Latin *admordium, from admordeō (“I bite or gnaw at or into”). Cognate with Portuguese almoço and Spanish almuerzo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /alˈmoɾθo/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /alˈmoɾso/
Noun
almorzo m (plural almorzos)
- breakfast; lunch
- (regional) dinner (midday main dinner)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “almorzo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “almorzo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “almorzo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
almorzo
- first-person singular present indicative of almorzar
Ladino
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish almorzo (“breakfast”).
Noun
almorzo m (Hebrew spelling אלמורזו)[1]
- square meal
- Hyponyms: dezayuno, sena
1999, Eliezer Papo, La megila de Saray, E. Papo, page 44:Es klaro ke los Djidios, ke eran bienfazidores i djenerozos, non tuvieron mucho gusto de ver ke un haham suyo biviera komo un perro, tiniendo solamente loke ya komyo - i munka saviendo loke sera su almorzo vinien.- It is clear that the Jews, who were benevolent and generous, haven’t much pleasure in seeing one of their rabbis living like a dog, having only that which he already ate — and never knowing that which shall be his next square meal.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
almorzo (Hebrew spelling אלמורזו)
- first-person singular present indicative of almorzar
- third-person singular preterite indicative of almorzar
References
- ^ “almorzo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.
Old Spanish
Noun
almorzo m (plural almorzos)
- Alternative form of almuerzo
References
- Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “almorzo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 29