meigo

Attested since 1175 (meigu). From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin magicus (“magical”), from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós). Compare Portuguese meigo, Spanish mego.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɣo̝/

meigo m (feminine singular meiga, masculine plural meigos, feminine plural meigas)

1. bewitching, seductive

meigo m (plural meigos, feminine meiga, feminine plural meigas)

1. a wizard, a witch doctor
   • 2013, David D. Vázquez Álvarez, Ninguén nace antetempo, Baía Edicións, page 103:

     —as palabras do meigo unha vez máis non deixaban lugar a dúbidas—.

     —once again, the wizard’s words left no room for doubt.

2. a person who is believed to have made a pact with the devil.
   • 1991, Ramón Otero Pedrayo, A romaría de Xelmírez, Editorial Galaxia, page 143

     De aí xurdiu posteriormente a lenda de que fora un meigo que fixera pauto co demo para obte-las sedes de Reims, Ravena e Roma.

     From there, a legend later appeared stating that he was a warlock who made a pact with the devil in order to obtain the seats of Reims, Ravenna and Rome.

Some people make a distinction between meigo (“someone who makes potions, herbal cures, enchantments, etc.”) and bruxo (“someone who has made a pact with the devil”).

• Spanish: meigo

• “meigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “meigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “meigo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “meigo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese meigo, from Latin magicus (“magical”), from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós). Doublet of mágico, a borrowing. Cf. also Leonese meigo; compare Galician meigo, Spanish mego.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.ɣu/, /ˈmej.ɣu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.ɡu/
• Hyphenation: mei‧go

meigo m (feminine singular meiga, masculine plural meigos, feminine plural meigas, comparable)

1. sweet, lovely
2. caring, gentle

• (lovely): querido
• (gentle): carinhoso, suave

• mago

Borrowed from Galician meigo, from Old Portuguese meigo, from Latin magicus (“magical”), from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós). Compare also mego.

meigo m (plural meigos)

1. (NW Spain) A person who is believed to have made a pact with the devil.