magricela
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɡɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/
magricela is spelled M-A-G-R-I-C-E-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magricela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of magriço: one who is scrawny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of magriço: scrawny (very thin). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que é excessivamente magro e, em geral, também pálido; magrela, magrelo, magricelo, magriço”.
What does magricela mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinediminutive of magriço: scrawny (very thin)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinediminutive of magriço: one who is scrawny
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é excessivamente magro e, em geral, também pálido; magrela, magrelo, magricelo, magriço
noun: 1. aquele que é excessivamente magro e, em geral, também pálido; magrela, magrelo, magricelo, magriço
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of magricela
- magricelas plural
- magrizela alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magricela?
- Brazil /ma.ɡɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ.ɡɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal [mɐ.ɣɾiˈsɛ.lɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magricela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magricela in Portuguese?
magricela appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).