garçom

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French garçon (“waiter; boy”), from Middle French, from Old French garçun (“servant”, oblique case of gars), from Frankish *warkjon, wrakjon (“servant, boy”, oblique case of *warkjo, wrakjo), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaʁˈsõ/ [ɡahˈsõ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɡaɾˈsõ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡaʁˈsõ/ [ɡaχˈsõ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaɻˈsõ/

  • Rhymes: -õ
  • Hyphenation: gar‧çom

Noun

garçom m (plural garçons, feminine garçonete, feminine plural garçonetes)

  1. (Brazil) waiter (a server in a restaurant or similar)
    Synonyms: empregado de mesa, (Brazil) copeiro
    Eu dei gorjeta para o garçom.
    I tipped the waiter.
  2. (dated, Brazil) boy, lad, young man
    Synonyms: garoto, moço, rapaz

Further reading

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