hechizo

See also: hechizó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈt͡ʃiθo/ [eˈt͡ʃi.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /eˈt͡ʃiso/ [eˈt͡ʃi.so] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -iθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: he‧chi‧zo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin factus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -īcus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -īcius

Latin factīcius

Old Spanish fechizo

Spanish hechizo

Inherited from Old Spanish fechizo, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”, adjective), from factus (“made”) + -īcius. Compare the borrowed doublet facticio. Compare English factitious. Cognate with Portuguese feitiço.

Adjective

hechizo (feminine hechiza, masculine plural hechizos, feminine plural hechizas)

1. artificial, fake

   Synonyms: artificioso, fingido

2. (archaic) counterfeited, forged

   Synonyms: contrahecho, falseado

3. (archaic) apt, appropriate

   Synonyms: apto, apropiado

Noun

hechizo m (plural hechizos)

1. magic word, spell

   Synonyms: encantamiento, palabra mágica

2. spell, enchantment (state of enchantment)

   Synonyms: encanto, encantamiento

Derived terms

• libro de hechizos (“spell book, spellbook”)

Related terms

• hechicero
• hechizar
• hecho

Etymology 2

Verb

hechizo

1. first-person singular present indicative of hechizar

Further reading

• “hechizo”, 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