magriço

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɡɾi.su/

• (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.

Further reading

• “magriço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “magriço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• Álvaro Gonçalves Coutinho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt