hex

maldición, maleficio

Hechizo destinado a causar daño o mala suerte.

En inglés sencillo: A magic spell intended to cause harm or bad luck.

• They tried to break the hex.
• She feared a hex had caused her bad luck.
• Who put a hex on this house?

Cómo se usa: put a hex on someone/something (The witch put a hex on the village.)

Sinónimos: curse, jinx

Antónimos: blessing

Expresiones frecuentes: put a hex, break a hex, hex on someone

bruja

Mujer a la que se atribuyen poderes mágicos, especialmente para hacer daño.

En inglés sencillo: A woman believed to have magical powers, especially harmful ones.

• Villagers feared the old hex.
• The tale describes a hex who lived alone in the woods.
• They accused their neighbour of being a hex.

Sinónimos: witch

Expresiones frecuentes: an old hex, village hex

maldecir, hechizar

Usar magia para causar daño o mala suerte a alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To use magic to bring bad luck or harm to someone.

• The witch threatened to hex him.
• She believed someone had hexed her family.
• In the story, he hexes anyone who enters his garden.

Sinónimos: curse, bewitch, jinx

Antónimos: bless

Expresiones frecuentes: hex someone, hex an enemy