menciñeiro

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Galician

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Álvaro Cunqueiro's Escola de Menciñeiros (Witch doctor's school), 1960

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Menciña (medicine) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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menciñeiro m (plural menciñeiros, feminine menciñeira, feminine plural menciñeiras)

  1. traditional witch doctor or medicine man
    Synonym: curandeiro
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