feitiço

Meaning

Adj

feigned, false

Noun

1. (masculine) spell, incantation
2. (masculine) witchcraft, sorcery
3. (masculine) amulet, charm

Hyphenated as

fei‧ti‧ço

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fejˈt͡ʃi.su/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin faciō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin factus
Latin -īcius
Latin factīcius
Portuguese feitiço
From Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Compare the borrowed doublets factício and fetiche. Cognate with Spanish hechizo.

Sentences

Eu vou lançar um feitiço perigoso .

I'll cast a dangerous spell.