hechizo
See also: hechizó
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈt͡ʃiθo/ [eˈt͡ʃi.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /eˈt͡ʃiso/ [eˈt͡ʃi.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -iθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: he‧chi‧zo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin factīcius, from facere (“to make”). Compare the borrowed doublet facticio. Compare English factitious. Cognate with Portuguese feitiço.
Adjective
hechizo (feminine hechiza, masculine plural hechizos, feminine plural hechizas)
- artificial, fake
- Synonyms: artificioso, fingido
- (archaic) counterfeited, forged
- Synonyms: contrahecho, falseado
- (archaic) apt, appropriate
Noun
hechizo m (plural hechizos)
- magic word, spell
- Synonyms: encantamiento, palabra mágica
- spell, enchantment (state of enchantment)
- Synonyms: encanto, encantamiento
Derived terms
- hechicero
- hechizar
- libro de hechizos (“spell book, spellbook”)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
hechizo
- 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024