marasmo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (mărasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to waste, wither”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrasmo/
• Rhymes: -asmo
• Hyphenation: ma‧ras‧mo

Noun

marasmo (accusative singular marasmon, plural marasmoj, accusative plural marasmojn)

1. (pathology) marasmus

Ido

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (mărasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to waste, wither”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrasmo/

Noun

marasmo (plural marasmi)

1. (pathology) marasmus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (mărasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to waste, wither”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾaz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾaz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈɾaʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾaz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɾaʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ras‧mo

Noun

marasmo m (plural marasmos)

1. (pathology) marasmus (any wasting disease)
2. (pathology) apathy (lack of emotion or motivation)
3. stagnation (lack of improvement or change)

Further reading

• “marasmo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “marasmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (mărasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to waste, wither”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾasmo/ [maˈɾaz.mo]
• Rhymes: -asmo
• Syllabification: ma‧ras‧mo

Noun

marasmo m (plural marasmos)

1. (pathology) marasmus
2. apathy
3. stagnation

Further reading

• “marasmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025