magricela
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From magriço (“skinny”) + -ela.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɡɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɡɾiˈsɛ.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɡɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/ [mɐ.ɣɾiˈsɛ.lɐ]
- Hyphenation: ma‧gri‧ce‧la
Adjective
magricela m or f (plural magricelas)
Noun
magricela m or f (plural magricelas)
- (of a person) scrawny (very thin)
Related terms
Further reading
- “magricela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “magricela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025