hechizo
See also: hechizó
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin factīcius, from facere (“to make”). Compare the borrowed doublet facticio. Compare English factitious. Cognate with Portuguese feitiço.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /eˈt͡ʃiθo/ [eˈt͡ʃi.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /eˈt͡ʃiso/ [eˈt͡ʃi.so]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: he‧chi‧zo
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
- hechizar
- hechicero
- libro de hechizos (“spell book, spellbook”)
Related terms
- hecho
Verb
hechizo
- first-person singular present indicative of hechizar
Further reading
- “hechizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014