# bruxa
## Asturian
### Noun

bruxa f (plural bruxes)
* witch (person who uses magic)

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Portuguese, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”))

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɾuʃɐ]

### Noun

bruxa f (plural bruxas, masculine bruxo, masculine plural bruxos)
* witch, hex
    Synonyms: meiga, feiticeira, saga, antaruxa, xugota, distria, sursuncorda, bencedeira, nubeira, chamorra, croucha, lurpia, lumia
** 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 144:eu sen ser pieira, nen pensare en sé-lo, nen meiga nen bruxa, nen cousa do demoI, who am not a sorceress, nor have I though of being one, nor a witch nor a hex, nor Devil's business
** 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego: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.
* (rare) demon, spirit; enchantment
* ratfish
* brittle star

#### Derived terms

* bruxaria
* bruxedo

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bruxa”, 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), “bruxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bruxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Verb

bruxa
* inflection of bruxare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾu.ʃɐ/
* Hyphenation: bru‧xa

### Noun

bruxa f (plural bruxas, masculine bruxo, masculine plural bruxos)
* witch
* an evil woman
    Synonyms: estria, feiticeira

#### Derived terms

* bruxaria
* vassoura-de-bruxa

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: bruxa

### Further reading

* bruxa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$