Noun: bruxa
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | bruxo |
| Singular f | bruxa |
| Plural m | bruxos |
| Plural f | bruxas |
Sample Sentences
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eu sen ser pieira, nen pensare en sé-lo, nen meiga nen bruxa, nen cousa do demo (I, who am not a sorceress, nor have I though of being one, nor a witch nor a hex, nor Devil's business) [1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 144:]
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Meigas, feitizos e bruxas
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que persigue a Inquisicion,
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sin mascara, socaliñas
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de cregos e frades son.
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Chamanlles bruxas à ás vellas
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por ter cara de carton;
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pero solamente hay meygas
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en donde hay Inquisicion.
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As femias da nosa especie
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de certa constitucion
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fan visaxes, e son tolas,
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pero feitizeiras non. (Witches, spells and hexes,
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who are prosecuted by the Inquisition,
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maskless, hoaxes
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of priests and friars are.
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They call hex an old lady
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because her face is made of cardboard;
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but there are witches
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just where it is Inquisition.
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Females of our species,
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of certain constitution,
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make gestures, and are mad,
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but sorceresses they are not.) [1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego:]
Etymology
Attested since circa 1750. Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Portuguese, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)) See: Asturian Nouns '
bruxa', Spanish Nouns '
bruja', Catalan Nouns '
bruixa'.
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