magriço

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈɡɾi.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈɡɾi.so/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈɡɾi.su/ [mɐˈɣɾi.su]

  • Hyphenation: ma‧gri‧ço

Etymology 1

From magro (“lean”) +‎ -iço.

Adjective

magriço (feminine magriça, masculine plural magriços, feminine plural magriças)

  1. skinny
    Synonyms: magricela, (Brazil) magrelo, (Brazil) magrela, magriz, magrizela

Noun

magriço m (plural magriços)

  1. (of a person) scrawny (very thin)
    Synonyms: magricela, (Brazil) magrelo, (Brazil) magrela, magriz, magrizela

Etymology 2

From Magriço, the name attributed to Álvaro Gonçalves Coutinho, a Portuguese knight from the time of King Dom João I (1357–1433).

Noun

magriço m (plural magriços)

  1. Defender of women.
  2. (derogatory) Ridiculous champion of petty causes.

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