sortilégio
Portuguese, noun/soʁ.t͡ʃiˈlɛ.ʒju/
sortilégio is spelled S-O-R-T-I-L-É-G-I-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sortilégio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sortilege; magic; witchcraft; sorcery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encanto, feitiço, feitiçaria, bruxaria”.
What does sortilégio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesortilege; magic; witchcraft; sorcery
- 2
masculineenchantment
- 3
masculinemachination, plot
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. encanto, feitiço, feitiçaria, bruxaria
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sortilégio
- sortilégios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sortilégio?
- Brazil /soʁ.t͡ʃiˈlɛ.ʒju/
- Brazil [soh.t͡ʃiˈlɛ.ʒju]
- /soɾ.t͡ʃiˈlɛ.ʒju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sortilégio in Portuguese?
sortilégio appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).