# meigo
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmejɡo/ [ˈmej.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈmejɡo/ [ˈmej.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ˈmejħo/ [ˈmej.ħʊ]
* Rhymes: -ejɡo
* Rhymes: -ejɡo
* Rhymes: -ejħo
* Hyphenation: mei‧go

### Adjective

meigo (feminine meiga, masculine plural meigos, feminine plural meigas)
* bewitching, seductive

### Noun

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

#### Usage notes

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”).

#### Descendants

* → Spanish: meigo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “meigo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “meigo”, 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), “meigo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “meigo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-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.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈme(j).ɡu/ [ˈme(ɪ̯).ɡu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈme(j).ɡu/ [ˈme(ɪ̯).ɡu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈme(j).ɡo/ [ˈme(ɪ̯).ɡo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɐj.ɡu/ [ˈmɐj.ɣu]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmɐj.ɡu/ [ˈmɐj.ɣu]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈmej.ɡu/ [ˈmej.ɣu]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈmej.ɡu/ [ˈmej.ɣu]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈme.ɡu/ [ˈme.ɣu]
* Hyphenation: mei‧go

### Adjective

meigo (feminine meiga, masculine plural meigos, feminine plural meigas, comparable, comparative mais meigo, superlative o mais meigo or meiguíssimo, diminutive meiguinho)
* sweet, lovely
    Synonym: querido
* caring, gentle
    Synonyms: carinhoso, suave

#### Related terms

* mago

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

meigo m (plural meigos)
* (NW Spain) a person who is believed to have made a pact with the devil

### Further reading

* “meigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014