mago

See also: Mago

Bambara

Noun

mago (tone màgo)

1. need

   N mago bɛ X la

   I need X

   ní à màgo jɔ̀ra fɛ́n mín ná...

   if he has a pressing need for something...

   ka kɛɲɛ ni u magow ye

   according to their needs

   An mago bɛ i ka dɛmɛni na

   we need your help

Derived terms

• magoɲɛfɛn
• magoɲinina
• magosa

 

Borôro

Verb

mago

1. to speak

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧go

Etymology 1

From Spanish mago, from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos).

Noun

mago

1. the Magi; the wise men that met and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar, but in fact unknown in number)

Etymology 2

Compare mawmag and Waray-Waray mago

Noun

mago

1. Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta)

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɡo]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: ma‧go

Noun

mago (accusative singular magon, plural magoj, accusative plural magojn)

1. magus, a priest of the Zoroastrian religion

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /má.ɡó/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mə́.ɡʷó]

Noun

mago m (possessed form magon)

1. Cream-colored horse.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: mà‧go

Etymology 1

From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos).

Noun

mago m (plural maghi)

1. magician, wizard
2. fortuneteller
3. conjurer, juggler

Adjective

mago (feminine maga, masculine plural maghi, feminine plural maghe)

1. (obsolete) magic

Related terms

• magia
• magico
• magio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mago

1. third-person plural present indicative of magare

Anagrams

• -gamo

Japanese

Romanization

mago

1. Rōmaji transcription of まご

Latin

Noun

magō

1. dative/ablative singular of magus

References

• mago in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mago”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mago”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “mago”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɡo/, [ˈmɑ.ɣo]

Noun

mago m

1. Alternative form of magu

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *magō.

Noun

mago m

2. stomach

Descendants

• Middle High German: mage
  • Bavarian: Mågn
  • German: Magen
  • Hunsrik: Maaghe, Maan
  • Luxembourgish: Mo
  • Vilamovian: maoga
  • Yiddish: מאָגן (mogn)
• → Italian: magone
• → Venetian: magon

Etymology 2

Noun

mago m

2. Alternative form of maho (“poppy”)

Portuguese

magos

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos), from Old Iranian.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡu/ [ˈma.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -aɡu
• Hyphenation: ma‧go

Adjective

mago (feminine maga, masculine plural magos, feminine plural magas)

1. enchanting

Noun

mago m (plural magos)

1. (Christianity, usually capitalized) Magi
2. magician, sorcerer
3. magus

Related terms

• mágico

References

• “mago” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “mago” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos). Cf. also mego.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡo/ [ˈma.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: ma‧go

Adjective

mago (feminine maga, masculine plural magos, feminine plural magas)

1. (relational) magician

Noun

mago m (plural magos)

1. magician, sorcerer
2. Magi

Derived terms

• archimago
• Reyes Magos

 

Related terms

• magia
• mágico

 

Further reading

• “mago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mago, from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡo/, [ˈma.ɣo]
• Hyphenation: ma‧go

Noun

mago (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜓ)

1. magician

   Synonyms: mahiko, salamangkero, madyikero, madyisyan

2. Alternative letter-case form of Mago

Related terms

• mahika
• mahika negra
• mahiko
• mahiya

 

Further reading

• “mago” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “mago”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Compare Cebuano mago and mawmag.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧go

Noun

mago

1. Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta)