# mago
## Bambara
### Noun

mago (tone màgo)
* need
    N mago bɛ X laI need X
    ní à màgo jɔ̀ra fɛ́n mín ná...if he has a pressing need for something...
    ka kɛɲɛ ni u magow yeaccording to their needs
    An mago bɛ i ka dɛmɛni nawe need your help

#### Derived terms

* magoɲɛfɛn
* magoɲinina
* magosa

## Borôro
### Verb

mago
* to speak

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ma‧go

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

mago
* 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
* Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta)

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Common Romance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmaɡo]
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Hyphenation: ma‧go

### Noun

mago (accusative singular magon, plural magoj, accusative plural magojn)
* magus, a priest of the Zoroastrian religion

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /má.ɡó/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [mə́.ɡʷó]

### Noun

mago m (possessed form magon)
* Cream-colored horse.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Hyphenation: mà‧go

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

mago m (plural maghi)
* magician, wizard
* fortuneteller
* conjurer, juggler

#### Adjective

mago (feminine maga, masculine plural maghi, feminine plural maghe)
* (obsolete) magic

##### Related terms

* magia
* magico
* magio

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mago
* third-person plural present indicative of magare

### Anagrams

* -gamo

## Japanese
### Romanization

mago
* Rōmaji transcription of まご

## Latin
### Noun

magō
* 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: /ˈmɑ.ɡo/, [ˈmɑ.ɣo]

### Noun

mago m
* Alternative form of magu

## Old High German
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *magō.

#### Noun

mago m
* stomach

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mago m
* Alternative form of maho (“poppy”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.ɡu/ [ˈma.ɣu]
* Rhymes: -aɡu
* Hyphenation: ma‧go

### Adjective

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

### Noun

mago m (plural magos)
* (Christianity, usually capitalized) Magi
* magician, sorcerer
* magus

#### Related terms

* mágico

### References

* “mago”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “mago”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaɡo/ [ˈma.ɣ̞o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Syllabification: ma‧go

### Adjective

mago (feminine maga, masculine plural magos, feminine plural magas)
* (relational) magician

### Noun

mago m (plural magos)
* magician, sorcerer
* Magi

#### Derived terms

* archimago
* Reyes Magos

#### Related terms

* magia
* mágico

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “mago”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “mago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmaɡo/ [ˈmaː.ɣo]
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Syllabification: ma‧go

### Noun

mago (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜓ)
* magician
    Synonyms: mahiko, salamangkero, madyikero, madyisyan
* Alternative letter-case form of Mago

#### Related terms

* mahika
* mahika negra
* mahiko
* mahiya

### Further reading

* “mago”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “mago”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* goma

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

Compare Cebuano mago and mawmag.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ma‧go

### Noun

mago
* Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta)