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spell

 
 
/spel/ noun [C]

Translation

TIME a period of time
dönem, süre, vakit, devre, müddet, dalga
a short spell in Australia a spell of dry weather2109
MAGIC a magic instruction
tılsım, büyü, sihir, efsun
The witch cast a spell over him and he turned into a frog.246
(Definition of spell noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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