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Re:There’s Nothing Magical About Breakfast by swah on Monday May 23, 2016 @11:01AM (#11754287)
Only in English ;)

In PT-BR, our term translates to "morning coffee", and in PT-PT translates as "little lunch" (from french, petit déjeuner).

(Actually we also have a translation for breakfast - desjejum - but its not commonly used.)

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Re:There’s Nothing Magical About Breakfast by cataflam on Monday May 23, 2016 @11:30AM (#11754485)
As you mention French, interestingly, déjeuner literally means to stop fasting (dé-: prefix to stop or cancel, -jeuner : to fast).

edit: breakfast used to be called déjeuner, but it has been replaced by petit-déjeuner (little déjeuner literally) in some regions (including France). Other regions still call the first meal déjeuner.

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Re:There’s Nothing Magical About Breakfast by tirant on Monday May 23, 2016 @11:18AM (#11754401)
Spanish also has a similar term as desjejum and breakfast: "desayuno"
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Re:There’s Nothing Magical About Breakfast by swah on Monday May 23, 2016 @11:30AM (#11754478)
I love the sound of that word. Is it the one people use like "breakfast"?
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Re:There’s Nothing Magical About Breakfast by accounthere on Monday May 23, 2016 @03:32PM (#11756248)
Yes. And like the french word it literally means to stop fasting.
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