almoço
See also: almôço
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço
Noun edit
almoço m (plural almoços, metaphonic)
- lunch (meal eaten at noon)
Usage notes edit
- The plural is metaphonic in Portugal, but not in Brazil.
Derived terms edit
- almocinho (diminutive), almoçozinho (diminutive)
- almoção (augmentative)
- almoçador
- almoço ajantarado
- pequeno-almoço
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Angolar: lomothu
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: almos, almosu
- Indo-Portuguese: almoça
- Kabuverdianu: almusu
- Principense: romosu
- Tetum: almosu
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço
Verb edit
almoço