mal de ojo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmal de ˈoxo/ [ˌmal̪ d̪e ˈo.xo]
• Syllabification: mal de o‧jo

Noun

mal de ojo m (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) evil eye (curse done by a malevolent gaze)

Related terms

• ojear

Further reading

• “mal de ojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10