almoçar

Senses

1. 1.

   to have lunch, to eat lunch

   to eat the midday meal

Examples

• "Vou almoçar com meus colegas de trabalho hoje."

  I'm going to have lunch with my coworkers today.

• "A que horas você costuma almoçar?"

  What time do you usually eat lunch?

• "Ela almoçou um prato de arroz com feijão e frango."

  She had lunch of rice with beans and chicken.

Usage

Regular -AR verb. In Brazilian Portuguese, "almoço" (the noun) typically refers to the main midday meal, usually eaten between noon and 2 PM. The verb can be used transitively (almoçar algo) or intransitively (just almoçar). Common collocations include "almoçar fora" (eat lunch out) and "almoçar em casa" (eat lunch at home).