enmeigar

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

• IPA^(key):

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enmeigar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enmeigar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enmeigar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega