🇵🇹 Portuguese

almoço

masculine

o almoço

lunch

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almoço
/u awˈmosu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say almoço in Portuguese?

IPA
/u awˈmosu/

How do you pronounce almoço in Portuguese?

almoço is pronounced /u awˈmosu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O almoço delicioso que minha avó preparou ontem foi muito apreciado por toda a família.

The delicious lunch that my grandmother prepared yesterday was very appreciated by the whole family.

O almoço principal deve ser servido ao meio-dia, enquanto o café da manhã é mais leve.

The main lunch should be served at noon, while breakfast is lighter.

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Why is it masculine?

Almoço is masculine. While the word does derive from Latin roots related to eating or biting, the specific etymology through "admorsus" is uncertain. The masculine gender is a regular feature of Portuguese nouns ending in -o, which typically inherit masculine gender from Latin masculine forms. Portuguese grammatical gender follows predictable patterns where -o endings correspond to masculine nouns.

What is the Portuguese word for lunch?

The Portuguese word for lunch is o almoço — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchdéjeunerlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishalmuerzoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianpranzoilmasculine

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