brujo

American  

[broo-hoh, broo-khoh] / ˈbru hoʊ, ˈbru xoʊ /

noun

brujos plural

1. in Latin America and parts of the West Indies, a man who practices Brujería, a form of witchcraft or traditional religion.

   He's Latino and he's a brujo, born to free the souls of the dead so they can pass over.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• brujos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brujo

First recorded in 1750–60; masculine form of bruja ( def. )

Example Sentences

No podía hacer que líneas de diálogo como “estamos buscando una niña y un brujo, ella con cabello ceniciento y semblante patricio, él un bruto sin modales y pálido” sean más comprensibles.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2023

But my family didn’t hire a brujo instead of turning to evidence-based cancer treatments.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023

That night, my mom brought in a disheveled-looking stranger who said he was a brujo.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023

While he was away, I went to see a brujo who billed himself as La Maravilla—the Marvel.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015

I woke up in a panic in the middle of the night, sure that some brujo had put a spell on me and that’s why the baby had died.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez