evil-eye in English

Forms: evil-eyes [present, singular, third-person], evil-eyeing [participle, present], evil-eyed [participle, past], evil-eyed [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the noun phrase evil eye. Etymology templates: {{m|en|evil eye}} evil eye Head templates: {{en-verb}} evil-eye (third-person singular simple present evil-eyes, present participle evil-eyeing, simple past and past participle evil-eyed)

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        "to cast an evil eye upon someone or something"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cast an evil eye upon",
          "word": "ameigar"
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          "sense": "to cast an evil eye upon",
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          "sense": "to cast an evil eye upon",
          "word": "quebrantar"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to cast an evil eye upon",
          "word": "aojar"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cast an evil eye upon",
      "word": "ameigar"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cast an evil eye upon",
      "word": "enmeigar"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to cast an evil eye upon",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to cast an evil eye upon",
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to cast an evil eye upon",
      "word": "aojar"
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  "word": "evil-eye"
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"evil-eye" meaning in English

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