magro

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese magro, magre (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin macrum, accusative singular of macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈmaɡɾo/ [ˈmɑ.ɣ̞ɾʊ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈmaħɾo/ [ˈmɑ.ħɾʊ]

 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧gro

Adjective

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magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magros, feminine plural magras)

  1. thin, lean, slim, skinny
    Antonyms: gordo, groso
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:
      deuen saber que o Cauallo para mellor seer non deue seer moi groso nen moy magro, mais antre anbos
      you must know that the horse, for being at its best, must not be too fat nor too lean, but in-between
  2. (of food) low-fat, lean
  3. meagre, poor, scarce
    Synonym: pobre

Noun

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magro m (plural magros)

  1. (cooking) lean, lean meat
    Synonym: freba

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡro/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡro
  • Hyphenation: mà‧gro

Adjective

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magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magri, feminine plural magre, superlative magrissimo)

  1. thin, lean, slim, spare
    Synonyms: asciutto, sottile
    Antonym: grasso
  2. low-fat, lean (of food)
    Antonym: grasso
  3. meagre, poor, scarce, puny
    Synonyms: povero, scarso
    Antonym: grasso
    magra consolazionecold comfort (literally, “meagre comfort”)

Noun

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magro m (plural magri)

  1. lean part
  2. lean, lean meat (of meat)
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Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese magro, magre, from Latin macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɡɾu
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gro

Adjective

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magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magros, feminine plural magras, diminutive magrinho)

  1. lean (of meat, having little fat), thin
    Antonym: gordo
  2. (Portugal) skimmed (of milk)
    Synonym: (Brazil) desnatado
    Antonym: gordo

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with English meager/meagre.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magros, feminine plural magras)

  1. lean, without fat

Derived terms

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Noun

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magro m (plural magros)

  1. loin of pork
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