almoço

== 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 ==== almôço (pre-reform spelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -osu Homophone: (Brazil) ao moço Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço ==== Noun ==== almoço m (plural almoços, metaphonic) lunch (meal eaten at noon) Coordinate terms: pequeno-almoço / mata-bicho / café da manhã, lanche, jantar, ceia (rustic, archaic) breakfast ===== Usage notes ===== The plural is always metaphonic in Portugal, but usually not in Brazil. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ɔsu Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço ==== Verb ==== almoço first-person singular present indicative of almoçar === Further reading === “almoço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “almoço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026