sortílego

See also: sortilego

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sortilegus (“sorcerer, diviner”), from sors (“sort”) + legere (“choose”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soʁˈt͡ʃi.le.ɡu/ [sohˈt͡ʃi.le.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soʁˈt͡ʃi.le.ɡu/ [sohˈt͡ʃi.le.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /soɾˈt͡ʃi.le.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soʁˈt͡ʃi.le.ɡu/ [soχˈt͡ʃi.le.ɡu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soɻˈt͡ʃi.le.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suɾˈti.lɨ.ɡu/ [suɾˈti.lɨ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: sor‧tí‧le‧go

Noun

sortílego m (plural sortílegos, feminine sortílega, feminine plural sortílegas)

1. sorcerer; magician

   Synonyms: feiticeiro, mago

Adjective

sortílego (feminine sortílega, masculine plural sortílegos, feminine plural sortílegas)

1. involving sorcery, witchcraft

Spanish

Adjective

sortílego (feminine sortílega, masculine plural sortílegos, feminine plural sortílegas)

1. involving sorcery

Noun

sortílego m (plural sortílegos, feminine sortílega, feminine plural sortílegas)

1. sorcerer

Further reading

• “sortílego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10