almoço

See also: almôço

Portuguese

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.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈmo.su/ [aʊ̯ˈmo.su]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈmo.so/ [aʊ̯ˈmo.so]
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈmo.su/ [aɫˈmo.su]

    • Rhymes: -osu
    • Homophone: (Brazil) ao moço
    • Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço

    Noun

    almoço m (plural almoços, metaphonic)

    1. lunch (meal eaten at noon)
      Coordinate terms: pequeno-almoço / mata-bicho / café da manhã, lanche, jantar, ceia
    2. (rustic, archaic) breakfast
    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

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈmɔ.su/ [aʊ̯ˈmɔ.su]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈmɔ.so/ [aʊ̯ˈmɔ.so]
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈmɔ.su/ [aɫˈmɔ.su]

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

    Verb

    almoço

    1. first-person singular present indicative of almoçar
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