meiguería

Galician

Alternative forms

  • meigaría

Etymology

From meigo + -ería.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mei̯ɣeˈriɐ]

Noun

meiguería f (plural meiguerías)

  1. sorcery; witchcraft, witchery
    • 1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón:
      ¡Basta, basta! Vosté é sorteira, tía Suíña. Ben sabe que esas meiguerías son carocas que Dios condena. Peca quen as usa, e peca moito máis quen as espende.
      «Stop, stop! You a sorceress, aunt Suíña. You know well that those witcheries are blatant lies that God condemns. Whoever uses them sins, and sins even more whoever deals them.»
    Synonym: bruxaría

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