feiticeiro

Galician

Etymology

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

Attested circa 1300.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fejtiˈθejɾo̝/

Noun

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

  1. sorcerer
    Synonyms: bruxo, meigo
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, 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

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From feitiço +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fej.t͡ʃiˈse(j).ɾu/ [feɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fej.t͡ʃiˈse(j).ɾo/ [feɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈse(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 

  • Hyphenation: fei‧ti‧cei‧ro

Noun

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

  1. sorcerer, wizard

See also