almorzo

See also: almorzó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese *almorço, from Latin admorsus or Vulgar Latin *admordium, in either case deriving from admordeō (“I bite or gnaw at or into”). Cognate with Portuguese almoço and Spanish almuerzo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈmoɾθo̝/, (western) /alˈmoɾso̝/

Noun

almorzo m (plural almorzos)

  1. breakfast; lunch
  2. (regional) dinner (midday main dinner)

References
  • “almorçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “almorç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “almorzo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “almorzo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “almorzo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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