bruxa

Significado

(feminine) witch
(feminine) an evil woman

Frecuencia

Con guión como

bru‧xa

Género

♀️ Femenino

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbɾu.ʃɐ/

Etimología

Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, 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”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).