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Meaning of almuerzo



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

almuerzo
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In most cultures it is the name given to the second large meal after breakfast. It is usually taken between 12 in the day and 3 in the afternoon and is usually the most abundant of the day. Food taken at noon. The word is of Arabic origin and means when biting or for a bite.

  



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Midday meal, in some places also the mid-morning snack. It is a word that comes from the Latin admordeo, it is, ordi ("bite something, eat in the morning or at noon"), which gave the voice admordicatio ("lunch") that in Spain modified its pronunciation by influence of the Arabic article 1575; 1604; ( al ) already in many other words.

  










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