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almoço

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See also: almôço

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almoço

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

almôço (obsolete)

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)

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

almoçar

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

first-person singular present indicative of almoçar

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