hechizar
Spanish, verb/et͡ʃiˈθaɾ/
hechizar is spelled H-E-C-H-I-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 114,759th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hechizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to enchant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Privar a una persona de la salud o de la vida, trastornarle el juicio, o causarle algún otro daño, en virtud…”.
What does hechizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enchant
- 2
to bewitch
- 3
to perform magic
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Privar a una persona de la salud o de la vida, trastornarle el juicio, o causarle algún otro daño, en virtud de ciertas confecciones y prácticas supersticiosas, o de pacto hecho con el diablo. 2. Atraerse el cariño de alguna persona, de suerte que esté sumamente inclinada y dedicada a darle gusto, comúnmente a causa de la hermosura.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hechizar
- hechizo first-person present singular
- hechicé first-person preterite singular
- hechizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- hechizando gerund
- hechizada feminine participle past
- hechizados masculine participle past
- hechizadas feminine participle past
- hechizas indicative informal present
- hechizás indicative informal present
- hechiza indicative present singular
- hechizamos first-person indicative plural
- hechizáis indicative plural present
- hechizan indicative plural present
- hechizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- hechizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- hechizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- hechizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hechizar?
- /et͡ʃiˈθaɾ/
- [e.t͡ʃiˈθaɾ]
- /et͡ʃiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hechizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hechizar in Spanish?
hechizar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).