bruxa f (pluralbruxes)

1. witch(person who uses magic)

Attested since circa 1750. Uncertain. Possibly fromIberian/Celtiberian*bruxtia (comparePortuguese,Mirandese,Aragonese, andAsturianbruxa;Spanishbruja;Catalanbruixa andOccitanbruèissa), fromProto-Celtic*brixtā(“spell, magic”) (compareOld Irishbricht(“charm”),Old Bretonbrith(“magic”))

• IPA^(key):[ˈbɾuʃɐ]

bruxa f (pluralbruxas,masculinebruxo,masculine pluralbruxos)

1. witch,hex

   Synonyms:meiga,feiticeira,saga,antaruxa,xugota,distria,sursuncorda,bencedeira,nubeira,chamorra,croucha,lurpia,lumia

   • 1746, Martín Sarmiento,Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page144:

     eu sen ser pieira, nen pensare en sé-lo, nen meiga nenbruxa, nen cousa do demo

     I, who am not a sorceress, nor have I though of being one, nor a witch nor ahex, nor Devil's business

   • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade,Rogos dun galego:

     Meigas, feitizos ebruxas
     que persigue a Inquisicion,
     sin mascara, socaliñas
     de cregos e frades son.
     Chamanllesbruxas à ás vellas
     por ter cara de carton;
     pero solamente hay meygas
     en donde hay Inquisicion.
     As femias da nosa especie
     de certa constitucion
     fan visaxes, e son tolas,
     pero feitizeiras non.

     Witches, spells andhexes,
     who are prosecuted by the Inquisition,
     maskless, hoaxes
     of priests and friars are.
     They callhex an old lady
     because her face is made of cardboard;
     but there are witches
     just where it is Inquisition.
     Females of our species,
     of certain constitution,
     make gestures, and are mad,
     but sorceresses they are not.

2. (rare)demon,spirit;enchantment
3. ratfish
4. brittle star

• bruxaria
• bruxedo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bruxa”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bruxa”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bruxa”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

bruxa

1. inflection ofbruxare:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Uncertain. Possibly fromIberian/Celtiberian*bruxtia (compareGalician,Mirandese,Aragonese, andAsturianbruxa;Spanishbruja;Catalanbruixa andOccitanbruèissa), fromProto-Celtic*brixtā(“spell, magic”) (compareOld Irishbricht(“charm”),Old Bretonbrith(“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a differentCeltic word such as Old IrishBrigit(literally“high, exalted”).

• Hyphenation:bru‧xa

bruxa f (pluralbruxas,masculinebruxo,masculine pluralbruxos)

1. witch
2. anevilwoman

   Synonyms:estria,feiticeira

• bruxaria
• vassoura-de-bruxa

• Kabuverdianu:bruxa

•  bruxa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia^pt