almoço

See also: almôço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

almôço (obsolete, noun only)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun:
- (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɫ.ˈmo.su/
- (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈmo.su/
Verb:
- (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɫ.ˈmɔ.su/
- (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈmɔ.su/
Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço

Noun

almoço m (plural almoços)

lunch (meal eaten at noon)

Usage notes

The plural is metaphonic in Portugal, but not in Brazil.

Derived terms

almocinho, almoçozinho (diminutives)
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

Verb

almoço

first-person singular (eu) present indicative of almoçar

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