emagrecer

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === emmagrecer (archaic) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enmagrecer, from Late Latin ēmacrēscere, from Latin macer (“lean”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. By surface analysis, e- +‎ magro +‎ -ecer. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eʁ, -eɾ Hyphenation: e‧ma‧gre‧cer === Verb === emagrecer (first-person singular present emagreço, first-person singular preterite emagreci, past participle emagrecido) to become leaner; to lose body weight Synonyms: adelgaçar, emagrar to emaciate; to make leaner, to cause to lose body weight ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== engordar ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “emagrecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “emagrecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026