emagrecimento

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From emagrecer (“to slim down”) + -mento. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: e‧ma‧gre‧ci‧men‧to === Noun === emagrecimento m (plural emagrecimentos) slimming (the act or process of losing weight or becoming skinny) Synonym: perda de peso (but see usage notes) ==== Usage notes ==== Emagrecimento is usually used in reference to intentional, wanted or tolerated weight loss, whereas perda de peso is used more generally, including in reference to unwanted weight loss. ==== Related terms ==== emagrecer magro === Further reading === “emagrecimento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “emagrecimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026