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Meanings of jinx in English

Portuguese
maldição
Catalan
maledicció
Spanish
maldición

An evil spell.

        maldição
        Portuguese
        encantar
        Catalan
        embruixar

        Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.

            encantar
            Portuguese
            agourento

            A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him.

                  agourento
                  Russian
                  jinx
                  Portuguese
                  azar
                  Spanish
                  jinx

                  Curse attracting bad luck in superstition and folklore.

                        jinx
                        Usage of jinx in English
                        1
                        Gina told herself not to jinx things by thinking of a number.
                        Gutshot straight
                        2
                        But I don't want to jinx anything by saying we've won already.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        She needed to say it out loud, somehow, to undo the jinx.
                        The Good Girls
                        4
                        We know this and we're trying very hard not to jinx it.
                        The Irish Times
                        5
                        One is being watched by his wife, which he considere a jinx.
                        The new yorker
                        6
                        I didn't want to jinx anything but Becton has been my guy.
                        News.com.au
                        7
                        Mr Parker doesn't believe the outstanding issues will jinx an agreement.
                        Radio NZ
                        8
                        You of all people should know how easy those are to jinx open.
                        James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
                        9
                        Every time I try one it triggers some sort of counter-jinx.
                        James Potter and the Morrigan Web
                        10
                        That's right, we're skipping season two to avoid the sophomore jinx.
                        The new yorker
                        11
                        Then the jinx arose again and this time Babe Norton was the victim.
                        The Art of Lawn Tennis
                        12
                        Nobody say any more about that because we might jinx it.
                        A dark matter
                        13
                        I didn't know it'd take a counter-jinx to get him back down again.
                        James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
                        14
                        There is a sort of jinx working on me, it appears.
                        The Brand of Silence: A Detective Story
                        15
                        Did a four-year Fulton stretch on a jinx back in 1996.
                        City of lies
                        16
                        He never looked like missing and Bath's Northampton jinx goes on.
                        The Guardian
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                        Jinx through the time
                        Jinx across language varieties
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