bruxo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese bruxo === Noun === bruxo (plural bruxos) A Brazilian witch/healer. == Galician == === Etymology === Uncertain, possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Occitan bruèissa, Portuguese bruxa, Spanish bruja), 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”). === Noun === bruxo m (plural bruxos, feminine bruxa, feminine plural bruxas) wizard ==== Related terms ==== bruxa f bruxería f === Further reading === “bruxo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Italian == === Verb === bruxo first-person singular present indicative of bruxare == Portuguese == === Etymology === Masculine form of bruxa. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bru‧xo === Noun === bruxo m (plural bruxos, feminine bruxa, feminine plural bruxas) wizard ==== Derived terms ==== bruxaria ==== Related terms ==== bruxa === Further reading === “bruxo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bruxo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026