bruxa

Meaning

(feminine) witch
(feminine) an evil woman

Frequency

Hyphenated as

bru‧xa

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɾu.ʃɐ/

Etymology

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”).