almorzo

See also: almorzó

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-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)

Related terms

• almorzar

References

• “almorçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “almorç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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.

Etymology 2

Verb

almorzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of almorzar