encantamiento

Definitions of encantamiento
  1. noun
    calling up a spirit or devil
    synonyms: conjuro, escamoteo, magia, malabarismo, prestidigitación
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    types:
    aplazamiento, convocación, emplazamiento
    calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
    type of:
    magia
    any art that invokes supernatural powers
  2. noun
    a magical spell
    synonyms: encanto
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    type of:
    brujería, hechicería, jorguinería, magia negra, nigromancia, salamanca
    the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
  3. noun
    a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
    synonyms: encanto, hechicería, hechizo, trance
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    type of:
    estado mental, estado psicológico
    (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
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