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feitiço — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • charm noun A quality that makes someone likeable, attractive, or persuasive.
  • fetish noun An object believed to hold magical or spiritual power.
  • incantation noun A spoken or chanted formula of words believed to have magical power.
  • spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.

Senses

feitiço is used for these senses in English:

  • charm An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
  • fetish (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]
  • incantation A formula of words used as above.
  • spell A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. [from 16th c.]

charm — full definition

  1. noun A quality that makes someone likeable, attractive, or persuasive.
  2. noun An object or spoken words believed to bring good luck or magical protection.
  3. noun A small decorative trinket hung on a bracelet or necklace.
  4. verb To attract, delight, or persuade someone through pleasing qualities.
  5. verb To influence or protect someone or something through magic.

fetish — full definition

  1. noun An object believed to hold magical or spiritual power.
  2. noun A strong, often sexual, fixation on a particular object or body part.
  3. noun An excessive or irrational obsession with something.
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