feiticeiro

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 03:14, 15 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Galician

Etymology

Feitizo (spell) +‎ -eiro. Cognate with Portuguese feiticeiro and Spanish hechicero.

Attested circa 1300.

Pronunciation

Noun

feiticeiro m (plural feiticeiros, feminine feiticeira, feminine plural feiticeiras)

  1. sorcerer
    • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 11:
      Et este dom Rramiro era bõo aos bõos et brauo aos maos et desfazia da sa terra os ladrões et queymaua os feytizeyros
      And this lord Ramiro was good with the good, and harsh with the bad, and he threw away the thieves from his realm and burned the sorcerers
    Synonyms: bruxo, meigo

References


Portuguese

Etymology

feitiço +‎ -eiro

Noun

feiticeiro m (plural feiticeiros, feminine feiticeira, feminine plural feiticeiras)

  1. sorcerer, wizard

See also