enmeigar

Attested since the 19th century. From en- +‎ meiga (“witch”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [eŋmejˈɣaɾ]

enmeigar (first-person singular present enmeigo, first-person singular preterite enmeiguei, past participle enmeigado)

1. (transitive) to bewitch; to evil-eye

   Synonyms: ameigar, embruxar, enfeitizar

   • 1838, Florencio Pol, Espello de Diputados:

     Espello de Diputados,
     donde se deben mirar
     eses lurpias enmeigados,
     que quixeren diputar,

     Mirror of representatives
     where they should watch themselves
     those bewitched witches
     who would want to represent

• meigo

• “enmeigar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “enmeigar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “enmeigar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.