pequeno-almoço

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of French petit déjeuner,[1] or Compound of pequeno +‎ almoço.[2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˌkẽ.nu.awˈmo.su/ [peˌkẽ.nu.aʊ̯ˈmo.su]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peˌke.no.awˈmo.so/ [peˌke.no.aʊ̯ˈmo.so]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˌke.nu.alˈmo.su/ [pɨˌke.nu.aɫˈmo.su]

  • Hyphenation: pe‧que‧no-‧al‧mo‧ço

Noun

pequeno-almoço m (plural pequenos-almoços, metaphonic)

  1. (Portugal) breakfast (first meal of the day)
    Synonyms: desjejum, quebra-jejum, (Angola, Mozambique) mata-bicho, (Brazil) café da manhã
  2. (Brazil) a light or small lunch

References

  1. ^ “pequeno-almoço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “pequeno-almoço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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