# magro
## Galician
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /ˈmaɡɾo/ [ˈmɑ.ɣ̞ɾʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈmaɡɾo/ [ˈmɑ.ɣ̞ɾʊ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ˈmaħɾo/ [ˈmɑ.ħɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -aɡɾo
* Rhymes: -aɡɾo
* Rhymes: -aħɾo
* Hyphenation: ma‧gro

### Adjective

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

magro m (plural magros)
* (cooking) lean, lean meat
    Synonym: freba

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “magro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “magr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “magro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “magro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “magro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magri, feminine plural magre, superlative magrissimo)
* thin, lean, slim, spare
    Synonyms: asciutto, sottile
    Antonym: grasso
* low-fat, lean (of food)
    Antonym: grasso
* meagre, poor, scarce, puny
    Synonyms: povero, scarso
    Antonym: grasso
    magra consolazione ― cold comfort (literally, “meagre comfort”)

### Noun

magro m (plural magri)
* lean part
* lean, lean meat (of meat)

#### Related terms

* dimagrire
* magra
* magramente
* magrezza
* magrolino
* smagrire

### Anagrams

* gramo, groma

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ɡɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ɡɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.ɡɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.ɡɾu/ [ˈma.ɣɾu]
* Rhymes: -aɡɾu
* Hyphenation: ma‧gro

### Adjective

magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magros, feminine plural magras, comparable, comparative mais magro, superlative o mais magro or magríssimo or macérrimo or (informal) magérrimo, diminutive magrinho)
* lean (of meat, having little fat), thin
    Antonym: gordo
* (Portugal) skimmed (of milk)
    Synonym: (Brazil) desnatado
    Antonym: gordo

#### Derived terms

* magrelo
* magriço
* magrinho

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaɡɾo/ [ˈma.ɣ̞ɾo]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡɾo
* Syllabification: ma‧gro

### Adjective

magro (feminine magra, masculine plural magros, feminine plural magras)
* lean, without fat
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 44:Un viejecillo pequeño y magro.A skinny little old man

#### Derived terms

* enmagrecer

### Noun

magro m (plural magros)
* loin of pork

#### Related terms

* magra

### Further reading

* “magro”, 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