macilento

Italian

Etymology

From Latin macilentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.t͡ʃiˈlɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: ma‧ci‧lèn‧to

Adjective

macilento (feminine macilenta, masculine plural macilenti, feminine plural macilente)

1. haggard, emaciated, gaunt, scrawny, sickly

Related terms

• macilenza

Anagrams

• centomila, menticola

Latin

Adjective

macilentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of macilentus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin maciēs

Latin -ilentus

Latin macilentus

Portuguese macilento

From Latin macilentus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.siˈlẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.siˈlẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ci‧len‧to

Adjective

macilento (feminine macilenta, masculine plural macilentos, feminine plural macilentas)

1. haggard, emaciated, gaunt, scrawny, sickly

   Synonyms: descarnado, esquelético

2. pale, without color

   Synonyms: pálido, descorado

Further reading

• “macilento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “macilento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin maciēs

Latin -ilentus

Latin macilentuslbor.

Spanish macilento

Learned borrowing from Latin macilentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maθiˈlento/ [ma.θiˈlẽn̪.t̪o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /masiˈlento/ [ma.siˈlẽn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ma‧ci‧len‧to

Adjective

macilento (feminine macilenta, masculine plural macilentos, feminine plural macilentas)

1. haggard, emaciated, gaunt, scrawny, sickly

Further reading

• “macilento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026