magro

Meaning

  1. (comparable) lean (of meat, having little fat), thin
  2. (Portugal, comparable) skimmed (of milk)

Concepts

thin
lean
skinny
slender
meager
slim
poor
reedy
scanty
scarce
skeletal
skimpy
slight
spare
sparse
svelte
reeded
reedlike
bony

low in fat

few
🤏
gaunt
in short supply
low-fat
meagre
Opposite of
gordo
Synonyms

esbelto
delgado
C2
fino
C1
tênue
esguio
escasso
35k
fina
C1
insuficiente
22k
água
A1
🚰
pequeno
A1
rala
20k
ralo
C2
raro
B2
franzino
esquelético

relativo ao esqueleto

ténue
20k
magra
C2
deles
A1
ela
A1
ele
A1
eles
A1
Translations

magro
maigre
delgado
mager
mager
dünn
flaco
schlank
mince
magre
slank
snello
sottile
dun
prim
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈma.ɡɾu/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
Latin
macer
In summary

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

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