feitizo

Galician

Alternative forms

feitiço (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Attested since circa 1350 (feytizeo). From Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Cognate with Portuguese feitiço, Asturian fechizu and Spanish hechizo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (standard) /fejˈtiθo/ [fejˈt̪i.θʊ]
IPA^(key): (seseo) /fejˈtiso/ [fejˈt̪i.sʊ]

Rhymes: -iθo
Rhymes: -iso

Hyphenation: fei‧ti‧zo

Noun

feitizo m (plural feitizos)

(folklore) spell, enchantment, charm
- c. 1350, 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
- 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun escolar gallego:
  Meigas, feitizos e bruxas
  que persigue a Inquisicion,
  sin mascara, socaliñas
  de cregos e frades son.
  Chamanlles bruxas à ás vellas
  por ter cara de carton;
  pero solamente hay meygas
  en donde hay Inquisicion.
  As femias da nosa especie
  de certa constitucion
  fan visaxes, e son tolas,
  pero feitizeiras non.
  Witches, spells and hexes,
  who are prosecuted by the Inquisition,
  maskless, hoaxes
  of priests and friars are.
  They call hex an old lady
  because her face is made of cardboard;
  but there are witches
  just where it is Inquisition.
  Females of our species,
  of certain constitution,
  make gestures, and are mad,
  but sorceresses they are not.
- 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
  Now I think about you awake,
  now I think about yow while asleep,
  I'm always thinking about you
  as if you were a spell
Synonym: meigallo
(figuratively) charm
- 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun escolar gallego:
  O feitizo está nos ollos
  dua nena de Padron:
  as nenas tamen feitizan
  à os cregos da inquisicion.
  Garridiñas, nos chegedes
  a os que manexan tizós,
  que a estopa cabe do fogo
  e vos ua tentacion.
  the charm is in the eyes
  of a girl form Padrón:
  the girls also charm
  the priests of the Inquisition.
  Beautiful ladies, don't come near
  the ones who handle the brand,
  because the tow by the fire
  it's too much of a temptation.

Derived terms

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “feytizeo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “feytiz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “feitizo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “feitizo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“feitizo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025