bruja

Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Catalan bruixa, Portuguese bruxa, 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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾuxa/
• Rhymes: -uxa

bruja f (plural brujas, masculine brujo, masculine plural brujos)

1. witch, sorceress (woman who practices witchcraft)
2. Specifically a Wiccan
3. crone, hag (ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman)
4. owl (bird of prey of the order Strigiformes)
5. knifetooth dogfish (shark species Scymnodon ringens)

• (sorceress): hechicera, maga
• (owl): lechuza

• brujería f
• brujita