magro
Galician edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magros, feminine plural magras)
- thin, lean, slim, skinny
- 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
- (of food) low-fat, lean
- meagre, poor, scarce
- Synonym: pobre
Noun edit
magro m (plural magros)
References edit
- “magro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “magr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “magro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “magro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “magro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magri, feminine plural magre, superlative magrissimo)
Noun edit
magro m (plural magri)
Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese magro, magre, from Latin macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɡɾu
- Hyphenation: ma‧gro
Adjective edit
magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magros, feminine plural magras)
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with English meager/meagre.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magros, feminine plural magras)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
magro m (plural magros)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “magro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014