benzedeira

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese benzedeira.

Noun

benzedeira (plural benzedeiras)

  1. A female folk-medicine healer

Portuguese

Etymology

From benzer (“to bless”) +‎ -deira.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bẽ.zeˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [bẽ.zeˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bẽ.zeˈde(j).ɾa/ [bẽ.zeˈde(ɪ̯).ɾa]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽ.zɨˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [bẽ.zɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽ.zɨˈdej.ɾɐ/ [bẽ.zɨˈðej.ɾɐ]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽ.zɨˈdej.ɾɐ/ [bẽ.zɨˈðej.ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽ.zɨˈde.ɾɐ/ [bẽ.zɨˈðe.ɾɐ]

  • Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, -eɾɐ, -ɐjɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: ben‧ze‧dei‧ra

Noun

benzedeira f (plural benzedeiras)

  1. (Brazil, folklore) benzedeira
    • 2012 [1964], “A bruxa mamãe” (chapter 20), in Oswaldo Antônio Furlan, editor, compiled by Franklin Cascaes, O fantástico na Ilha de Santa Catarina, 2nd reprint, Florianópolis: UFSC, published 2015, →ISBN, page 200:
      Recorreram a uma velha benzedeira muito versada na cura de males bruxólicos, que morava no Morro do Enforcado, perto do Rio Tavares.
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