bruja

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹuhə/, /ˈbruhɑ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹuːhə/ === Noun === bruja (plural brujas) A female practitioner of brujería. ==== Coordinate terms ==== brujo == Spanish == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Catalan bruixa, Portuguese bruxa, Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾuxa/ [ˈbɾu.xa] Rhymes: -uxa Syllabification: bru‧ja === Noun === bruja f (plural brujas, masculine brujo, masculine plural brujos) witch, sorceress (woman who practices witchcraft) Synonyms: hechicera, maga specifically, a Wiccan crone, hag (ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman) owl (bird of prey of the order Strigiformes) Synonym: lechuza (Dominican Republic) northern potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis) knifetooth dogfish (shark species Scymnodon ringens) ==== Hyponyms ==== bruja malvada (“wicked witch”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: bruha → Tagalog: bruha === References === === Further reading === “brujo”, 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 “bruja”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010