magro
Portuguese, adjective/ˈma.ɡɾu/
magro is spelled M-A-G-R-O (5 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magro is a Portuguese adjective meaning “of meat, lean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não gordo, não cheio de carnes”.
What does magro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of meat, lean
- 2
Portugalof milk, skimmed
leite magro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. não gordo, não cheio de carnes 2. desnatado, sem gordura
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 magro
- magra feminine
- magros masculine plural
- magras feminine plural
- mais magro comparative
- o mais magro superlative
- magríssimo superlative
- macérrimo superlative
- magérrimo proscribed sometimes superlative
- magrinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magro?
- Brazil /ˈma.ɡɾu/
- Portugal /ˈma.ɡɾu/
- Portugal [ˈma.ɣɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magro in Portuguese?
magro appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).