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"Sorceress" is a noun which is often translated as "la bruja", and "witch" is a noun which is also often translated as "la bruja". Learn more about the difference between "sorceress" and "witch" below.
sorceress(
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suh
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
b. la hechicera (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I met a beautiful sorceress in the woods and she cursed me.Me encontré con una bella hechicera en el bosque y me echó una maldición.
witch(
wihch
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (sorceress)
2. (pejorative)
a. la bruja (F) (colloquial)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My mother-in-law is a witch!¡Mi suegra es una bruja!
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
3. (to bewitch)
a. hechizar
Samuel's mother worried her son would be witched by some woman who would consume him and then ditch him.A la madre de Samuel le preocupaba que a él lo hechizara alguna mujer para devorarlo y luego plantarlo.
