bruxa

== Asturian == === Noun === bruxa f (plural bruxes) witch (person who uses magic) == Galician == === Etymology === Attested since circa 1750. Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Portuguese, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɾuʃɐ] === Noun === bruxa f (plural bruxas, masculine bruxo, masculine plural bruxos) witch, hex Synonyms: meiga, feiticeira, saga, antaruxa, xugota, distria, sursuncorda, bencedeira, nubeira, chamorra, croucha, lurpia, lumia (rare) demon, spirit; enchantment ratfish brittle star ==== Derived terms ==== bruxaria bruxedo === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bruxa”, in Dicionario 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”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bruxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Verb === bruxa inflection of bruxare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and 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 === Hyphenation: bru‧xa === Noun === bruxa f (plural bruxas, masculine bruxo, masculine plural bruxos) witch an evil woman Synonyms: estria, feiticeira ==== Derived terms ==== bruxaria vassoura-de-bruxa ==== Descendants ==== Kabuverdianu: bruxa === Further reading === bruxa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt “bruxa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bruxa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026