feitizo

Attested 14th century ("feytizeo"). From Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Cognate with Portuguese feitiço, Asturian fechizu and Spanish hechizo.

• IPA^(key): /fejˈtiθo̝/

feitizo m (plural feitizos)

1. (folklore) spell, enchantment, charm
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 16:

     este rrey avia hũa filla a que chamauã Medea et esta Jnfanta Medea foy moy sabea en arte magica et de todos los encantamẽtos, et de feytizeos de ervas et de outras cousas

     this king had a daughter named Medea, and this princess Medea was very knowledgeable in the art of magic and in every enchantment, and in charms of herbs and of other things

   • 1863, Rosalía de Castro, Cantares Gallegos:

     Ora en ti penso disperto, / ora en ti penso durmindo, / e sempre en ti estou pensando / coma si foses feitiço

     I think about you while awake, I think about you while sleeping; I'm always thinking about you as if you were enchantment

   Synonym: meigallo

• enfeitizar
• feiticeiro

• “feytizeo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “feytiz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “feitizo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “feitizo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.