Aberto

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: Ah-bare-toh
Description: A spell used to open doors.[1]
Etymology: Portuguese for 'open'. Compare Spanish 'abierto'.

Accio (Summoning Charm)
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: Various, including: AK-ee-oh or AK-see-oh , AK-see-oh , AS-
see-oh (US), and AT-chee-oh (Anglo-Catholic pronunciation)
Description: Summons an object towards the caster. It is able to summon
objects in direct line of sight of the caster, as well as things out of view, by
calling the object aloud after the incantation (unless the spell is casted
nonverbally). This spell needs thought behind it, and the object must be clear
in the casters mind before trying to summon it.[2] The caster doesn't
necessarily need to know the location of the target if they say the name of
the object to be summoned, such as when Hermione Granger summoned
some books from Dumbledore's
Seen/Mentioned: Harry of ce simply
Potter summoned by saying "Accio
his broom to Horcrux
complete the rst
task of the Triwizard Tournament in 1994, and to summon the Portkey to
escape Voldemort and the Death Eaters in the Little Hangleton
graveyard in 1995. Also, in the Battle of the Seven Potters Harry
summoned Hagrid when he fell. Molly Weasley used it to get the twins'
candy. The twins used
Etymology: The Latin itword accio means
to summon their brooms
"I call" orfrom Dolores Umbridge's
"I summon".
Notes: The Summoning Charm is unable to directly summon exceptionally
large targets such as buildings, or living creatures (except
for Flobberworms which aren't considered to be worth summoning). It is,
however, possible to move a creature by summoning things they are wearing
or holding. It is also possible to bewitch items to become unaffected from this
charm, as is the case with most bought goods.

(Age Line)
Type: Charm
Description: Prevents people above or below a certain age from access to a
target.
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 Seen/Mentioned: Used by Albus Dumbledore to stop underage students
from entering their names into the Goblet of Fire. When Fred and George
Weasley attempted to circumvent it with Ageing Potions, and ended up in the
Hospital Wing with ne white beards, along with other students who tried
similar tactics.[3]

Aguamenti (Water-Making Spell)
Type: Charm, Conjuration
Pronunciation: AH-gwah-MEN-tee
Description: Produces a clean, drinkable jet of water from the wand tip.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Fleur Delacour in 1994 to extinguish her skirt,
which had caught ame during a ght against a dragon.[2] Harry used this
spell twice in 1997, both on the same night; once to attempt to provide a
drink for Dumbledore,[4] then again to help douse Hagrid's hut after it was set
a ame by Thor nn Rowle, who used the Fire-Making Spell.[5]
Etymology: Possibly a hybrid of Latin words aqua, which means "water",
and menti, which means "for the mind".

Alarte Ascendare

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: a-LAR-tay a-SEN-der-ay
Description: Shoots the target high into the air.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Gilderoy Lockhart in 1992 to send a snake high
into the air during the rst and last meeting of the Duelling Club.
Etymology: Ascendere is a Latin in nitive meaning "to go up,""to climb," "to
embark," "to rise( guratively);" this is the origin of the English word "ascend".

(Albus Dumbledore's forceful spell)

Type: Spell
Description: This spell was, supposedly, quite powerful as when it was
cast, the opponent was forced to conjure a silver shield to de ect it.[6]
Seen/Mentioned: It was used by Dumbledore in the Ministry of Magic,
immediately following the Battle of the Department of Mysteries on 17
June, 1996, while he duelled Voldemort.[6]
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Alohomora (Unlocking Charm)
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ah-LOH-ho-MOR-ah
Description: Unlocks doors and other locked objects.[7] It can also unlock
doors that have been sealed with a Locking Spell, although it is possible to
bewitch doors to become unaffected by this spell.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Hermione Granger in 1991 to allow her and her
friends to access the Third- oor corridor at her school, which was at the time
forbidden;[7] she used it again two years later to free Sirius's cell in her
teacher's prison room.[8]
Etymology: The incantation is derived from the West African Sidiki dialect
used in geomancy; it means "friendly to thieves".[9]

Amato Animo Animato Animagus (Animagus Spell)

Type: Trans guration
Pronunciation: ah-MAH-toh ah-NEE-moh ah-nee-MAH-toh an-a-MAY-jus
Description: Spell used as part of the process of becoming an Animagus.
The incantation has to be recited at sunrise and sundown, every day before
the consumption of the Animagus Potion. The incantation is also recited just
prior to the consumption of the potion, which has to take place just after a
lightning storm starts. The incantation is recited while placing the wand's tip
over one's heart.
Etymology: Amato is a conjugation of the Latin word amo, which means "I
love" or "I am obliged to". Animo and animato are both different conjugations
of the Latin word animo, which can mean "I animate" or "I ll with breath or
life". Animagus on the other hand appears to be a portmanteau of animo or
"animal", and magus, which is Latin for "wizard".[citation needed] Overall, the
incantation can roughly mean "My love brings me life, I am obliged to become
an animal wizard."

Anapneo
Type: Healing Spell, Vanishment
Pronunciation: ah-NAP-nee-oh
Description: Clears the target's airway if they are choking on something.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Horace Slughorn, cast upon Marcus Belby when
the latter choked onthe Greek verb anapneo,
Etymology: From a pheasant in 1996. meaning "I breathe in."
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Anteoculatia
Type: Dark charm
Pronunciation: an-tee-oh-kyoo-LAY-chee-ah
Description: Causes the target to grow antlers.[10]
Seen/Mentioned: This spell was used to make Pansy Parkinson grow antlers
in 1996.[11]

(Anti-Cheating Spell)
Type: Charm
Description: Used to prevent cheating.
Seen/Mentioned: These spells were used at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry on writing quills and parchment to prevent students from
cheating during their nal exams, as well as their O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s.

(Anti-Disapparition Jinx)
Type: Jinx
Description: Prevents Disapparation in an area. It is used to entrap an
enemy in an area.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Albus Dumbledore to trap some Death Eaters in
the Department of Mysteries in 1996. Also mentioned that nobody can
disapparate from Hogwarts; it is due to this jinx.

(Anti-intruder jinx)
Type: Jinx
Description: Prevents intruders from entering an area.
Seen/Mentioned: It was placed on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry in 1996 for extra protection during an invasion of Death Eaters.

(Antonin Dolohov's curse)

Type: Curse
Description: An unknown curse that causes injuries that are capable of
killing with enough power.
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Seen/Mentioned: Used by Antonin Dolohov during the Battle of the
Department of Mysteries twice; Dolohov was under a Silencing Charm, and
thus weakened the effects of this curse, saving Hermione from death, but
incapacitated her and required her to take ten potions a day for some time.
Aparecium (Revealing Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: AH-par-EE-see-um
Description: Reveals secret messages written in invisible ink, or any other
hidden markings. Also works against Concealing charms
Seen/Mentioned: Used (to no avail) in 1993 by Hermione Granger to
attempt to reveal any hidden writing in a diary.
Etymology: Latin apparere, meaning "to appear"; -ium and -cium are
common Latin noun endings.

Appare Vestigium (Tracking Spell)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ah-PAR-ay ves-TEE-jee-um
Description: Reveals traces of magic, including footprints and track marks.
Seen/Mentioned: Newton Scamander used it to search for Porpentina
Goldstein.

(Apparition)

Type: Transportation
Description: Magically transports the caster to another location
instantaneously. The destination is one that the primary user has been to or
seen in some fashion previously. Can be used to apparate multiple people at
once if holding each other. No incantation required.
Seen/Mentioned: Used frequently by Wizardkind to teleport between places.
Aqua Eructo

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: A-kwa ee-RUCK-toh
Description: This spell is used to create, and control, a jet of clear water
from the tip of the wand; it is probably related to Aguamenti.
Seen/Mentioned: Used multiple times to extinguish res in 1994.
Etymology: Aqua means, in Latin, water. Eructo is a verb meaning "I raise";
roughly translated, it means "I raise water".

Arania Exumai

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ah-RAHN-ee-a EKS-su-may
Description: Drives away spiders, including Acromantulas.
Seen/Mentioned: Jacob's sibling used this spell to repel
an Acromantula that guarded the Forest Vault in the Forbidden Forest.
Etymology: From the Latin aranea, meaning "spider", and exuo, meaning "I
lay aside".

Arresto Momentum (Slowing Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ah-REST-oh mo-MEN-tum
Description: Decreases the velocity of a moving target. Can be used on
multiple targets, as well as on the caster themselves. It was invented
by Daisy Pennifold in 1711 for use on the Quaf e in Quidditch.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Dumbledore to save one of his students from a
fall in 1993; Hermione Granger used it, to little effect, in 1998 to cushion an
otherwise deadly fall.
Etymology: Likely the combination of the Anglo-French arester, meaning "to
bring to a stop" and the Latin momentum, meaning "the force or strength
gained whilst moving"; the literal translation hence is "Bring the force or
strength gained whilst moving to a stop".
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(Arrow-shooting spell)
Type: Conjuration
Description: Fires arrows from the caster's wand.
Seen/Mentioned: The spell used to be used by Appleby Arrows supporters
at Quidditch matches to show their support for their teams; however,
the British and Irish Quidditch League banned the use of the spell at matches
when referee Nugent Potts was pierced through the nose with a stray arrow
in 1894.

Ascendio

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ah-SEN-dee-oh
Description: Lifts the caster high into the air. The charm also works
underwater, propelling the caster above the surface.
Etymology: Derived from Latin ascendo, meaning "to climb".[12]

Avada Kedavra (Killing Curse)

Type: Curse
Pronunciation: ah-VAH-dah keh-DAV-rah
Description: 

Causes instantaneous death. It is accompanied by a ash of green light and

a rushing noise. There is no known Counter-curse that can protect the victim
from dying, except for a loving sacri ce. It is one of the three Unforgivable
Curses.[13]
Harry Potter was saved from this spell a number of times, both by his
mother's sacri ce, because he was an accidental Horcrux, and because his
wand and his enemy's were
Seen/Mentioned: Used made
by Tom of the same
Riddle to core.
murder many of his victims without
remorse.
Etymology: Avada Kedavra is based on the Aramaic ‫אַבַָדא ּכְַדבָרא‬, avada
kedavra, meaning "let the thing be destroyed".
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Avifors (Avifors Spell)
Type: Trans guration
Pronunciation: AH-vi-fors
Description: Transforms the target into a bird.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught in Trans guration class.
Etymology: From Latin avis meaning "bird" and forma meaning "shape".

Avenseguim
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ah-ven-SEH-gwim
Description: Turns an object into a tracking device.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1927, Newton Scamander used this spell to track the
origins of a feather - a clue found during his search for Porpentina Goldstein -
back to Yusuf Kama, whose hat the feather came from.
Etymology: The incantation Avenseguim is likely derived from the
portmanteau of avens, a Latin adjective for "eager" or "craving", and seguir,
the Spanish and Portuguese verb meaning "to follow", or alternatively from
the Catalan seguim, meaning "we follow". Taken together, Avenseguim can
be interpreted as "to eagerly follow", which aptly characterises the behaviour
of a tracking device.

Avis (Bird-Conjuring Charm)
Type: Conjuration, Charm
Pronunciation: AH-viss
Description: Conjures a ock of birds from the tip of the wand. When used in
conjunction with Oppugno, it can be used offensively.
Seen/Mentioned: Used in 1994 by Mr Ollivander to test Viktor Krum's wand.
Also employed offensively by Hermione Granger against Ron Weasley.
Etymology: The Latin word avis means "bird".
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(Babbling Curse)
Type: Curse
Description: Causes uncontrollable babbling.
Seen/Mentioned: Although he was rather untrustworthy, it may not have
occurred at all, but Gilderoy Lockhart says he cured a Transylvanian
farmer of this af iction.[14]

(Badgering)

Type: Trans guration
Description: Turns things into badgers[15]

(Bat-Bogey Hex)

Type: Hex
Description: Transforms the target's bogeys into large bats that y out of the
victim's nose. It was invented by Miranda Goshawk.[16]
Seen/Mentioned: Ginny Weasley was a noted practitioner of this spell,
having used it at least thrice by her sixth year.[17]

Baubillious
Type: Charm[15]
Pronunciation: baw-BILL-ee-us
Description: The exact effects of the spell are unknown, though it
presumably is of damaging nature and it produces a bolt of white light from
the tip of the wand.[15]
Etymology: Currently unclear, probably from English bauble.
Notes: This is likely the incantation for White sparks.
(Bedazzling Hex)
Type: Hex
Description: Allows the caster to disguise things.
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Seen/Mentioned: When Xenophilius Lovegood explains the concept of how
the Cloak of Invisibility is the only thing that can make a person truly invisible,
he mentions that most cloaks of that kind are made with this spell.[18]
Note: Though the exact effects are unknown, based on the name (and the
fact that it is used in conjunction with a chameleon charm on certain cloaks, it
is probably used to conceal a person or object.
(Bewitched Snowballs)

Type: Charm
Description: Causes snowballs to pelt themselves at the target.
Seen/Mentioned: Twice used by Fred and George Weasley; rstly
on Professor Quirrell's head, unwittingly striking Lord Voldemort in the face,
[19] and then again four years later to attack the windows of Gryf ndor Tower.[20]

(Bluebell Flames)

Type: Charm
Description: Produces magical blue ames that can be held in a jar. Not as
dangerous as real re, these magical ames can be touched, penetrated and
held without it burning the holder, though it is known to singe materials such
as clothing and plants.[21]
Seen/Mentioned: This spell was a speciality of Hermione Granger's. She
used it to defeat Devil's Snare in the London Underground in 1992.[21]
(Blue sparks)

Type: Charm
Description: Jet of blue sparks. It can be used offensively as a minor
duelling spell.
Seen/Mentioned: Following the American National Quidditch team's win at
the semi- nals of the 2014 Quidditch World Cup against Liechtenstein, red,
white and blue sparks lled the air so thickly it was dif cult to see or breathe.
Bombarda (Exploding Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: bom-BAR-dah
Description: Provokes a small explosion.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught in fourth year Charms class.
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Etymology: From the word bombard, meaning "to attack a place or person
continually with bombs or other missiles".
Bombarda Maxima

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: BOM-bar-dah MAX-ih-mah
Description: Creates a large explosion capable of removing entire walls. A
more advanced and more powerful form of the Exploding Charm.
Brackium Emendo

Type: Charm, Healing Spell

Pronunciation: BRA-key-um ee-MEN-doh
Description: If used correctly, it is claimed that this spell will heal broken
bones; this theory is supported by the etymology.
Seen/Mentioned: Used unsuccessfully by Gilderoy Lockhart on Harry
Potter in 1992 after the latter's arm was broken by a Bludger; it vanished all
the bones, making it resemble rubber.
Etymology: The word "Brackium" is similar to the word "Break" from english,
and Emendo seems to resemble "Mending" which means "Healing", the full
meaning would be "Mending Breaks"
(Bravery Charm)
Type: Charm
Description: Increases the bravery of a teammate, increasing their
performance against certain foes.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught by Head of the Auror Of ce, Harry Potter, to
members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force, to help them address the
results of the Calamity in the 2010s.
(Bridge-conjuring spell)

Type: Charm
Description: Conjure a bridge from thin air.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell was used by Ignotus, Antioch and Cadmus
Peverell in The Tale of the Three Brothers to create a bridge over a
treacherous river, a bridge upon which they met Death.[18][22]
(Broom jinx)
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Description: Used to make broomsticks try to throw their riders off through a
variety of means such as sudden lurches and violent swishing movements.
Constant eye contact is needed for the jinx to keep working.[23]
Seen/Mentioned: It was used by Quirinus Quirrell against Harry
Potter in 1991.[24]
Notes: This may be related to the Hurling Hex.
(Bubble-Head Charm)

Type: Charm
Description: Produces a large bubble of air around the head of the user; it is
commonly used as the supernatural equivalent of a breathing set.[25]
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Cedric Diggory and Fleur Delacour in 1995;[25] it
was used the next year by many students walking through the halls, because
of horrid odours made by various pranks played on Dolores Umbridge.[11]
(Bubble Spell)

Type: Charm
Description: Produces a stream of non-bursting bubbles from the wand tip.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Professor Flitwick to decorate some trees;[19] the
bubbles in this instance were golden. Used the following year by Ron
Weasley when he broke his wand; these bubbles were purple.

Calvorio (Hair Loss Curse)

Type: Curse
Pronunciation: cal-VOR-ee-oh
Description: Removes the victim's hair.
Seen/Mentioned: The book Curses and Counter-Curses by Vindictus
Viridian mentions this curse.[26]
Etymology: From Latin calvus = "bald".
 Cantis

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: CAN-tiss
Description: Causes the victim to burst uncontrollably into song.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by the Hogwarts professors to enchant suits of
armour.[27]
Etymology: Cantare is Latin for "sing".
Capacious extremis (Extension Charm)

Pronunciation: ca-PAY-shus ex-TREEM-us
Type: Charm
Description: Expands the internal dimensions of an object without affecting
the external dimensions, enhancing its capacity, and rendering its contents
lighter.
Seen/Mentioned: Newton Scamander used this spell to expand
his suitcase so he could t through and access the inside. Arthur
Weasley used this spell to allow eight people, six large trunks, two owls, and
a rat to t comfortably inside his modi ed Ford Anglia in 1992. Also on the
tent in which the Weasleys, Harry and Hermione stay during the Quidditch
World Cup in 1994; the tent is also used by Harry, Ron and Hermione as
shelter in 1997. Also, Hermione cast this spell upon her handbag in the same
year.
Etymology:'Capacious in English means when the capacity is very extreme,
and Extremis is in latin, extreme. Meaning "Extreme Capacity"
Carpe Retractum (Seize and Pull Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: CAR-pay ruh-TRACK-tum
Description: Produces a rope of light used to pull objects towards the caster,
or, if the target is xed in place, to pull the caster towards the target.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught in third year Charms class.
Etymology: From the Latin carpe, meaning "to seize" and retracto, meaning
"I draw back".
(Cascading Jinx)
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Description: Attacks multiple opponents in close proximity to each other.
(Caterwauling Charm)
Type: Charm
Description: Anyone entering the perimeter of this spell sets off a high-
pitched shriek. This spell may be related to the Intruder Charm.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell was cast by the Death
Eaters over Hogsmeade Wizarding Village to protect against intruders
in 1998.
(Cauldron to Sieve)

Type: Trans guration
Description: Transforms cauldrons into sieves.
(Cauldron to badger)
Type: Trans guration
Description: Transforms cauldrons into badgers.
Notes: This spell may be Badgering.
Cave inimicum
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: CAH-vay uh-NIM-i-kuhm
Description: Produces a boundary that keeps the caster hidden from others.
Seen/Mentioned: Used multiple times by Hermione
Granger in 1997 and 1998 to protect the tent she shared with Ron
Weasley and Harry Potter.
Etymology: The incantation is a Latin phrase which translates to "beware of
the enemy".
(Cheering Charm)

Type: Charm
Description: Makes the target feel happy. Overuse of the spell may cause
the target to break into an uncontrollable laughing t. This spell was invented
by Felix Summerbee.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught to third-year charms classes, part of the
written O.W.L.
Circumrota
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Type: Charm
Pronunciation: SIR-cum-roh-tuh
Description: Rotates objects.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell was used by Leta Lestrange to rotate a record
tower in the Records Room at the French Ministry of Magic Headquarters,
revealing Newton Scamander and Porpentina Goldstein to be hiding behind
the tower.
Cistem Aperio (Box Blasting Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: SIS-tem uh-PE-ree-o
Description: Opens chests and boxes.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell was taught in fourth year Charms class at
Hogwarts.
Etymology: Aperio is Latin for "uncover" or "open"; Cista is Latin for "trunk"
or "chest".
Colloportus (Locking Spell)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: cul-loh-POR-tus
Description: Locks doors and all things that can be locked. It is the counter-
charm to the Unlocking Spell.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Hermione Granger in 1996 in an attempt to
prevent the Death Eaters that were following her from catching up.
Etymology: Perhaps a portmanteau of the Latin words colligere, which
means "gather" and porta, which means "gate".
Notes: This spell can easily be countered with Alohomora.
Colloshoo (Stickfast Hex)

Type: Hex
Pronunciation: CAWL-low-shoo
Description: Sticks the target's shoes to the ground.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell is mentioned twice, once as having been used
on Severus Snape during a potions class, the other when one reads Curses
and Counter-Curses by Vindictus Viridian.
 Etymology: The suf x "shoo" is a phonetic spelling of English "shoe"; the
pre x collo may come from Greek "κολάω,κολώ" (pronounced
"colao","colo"), which means "to glue".
Colovaria (Colour Change Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: co-loh-VA-riah
Description: Changes the target's colour.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by fth-years in their OWLs.
Etymology: Almost certainly a combination of English "colour" and "vary".
Confringo (Blasting Curse)

Type: Curse
Pronunciation: kon-FRING-goh
Description: Produces a ery explosion.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Harry Potter to destroy the side-car of a motorbike
in which he was riding during a battle against some Death Eaters in 1997; it
was later used by Hermione Granger in an attempt to kill Nagini and facilitate
an escape from Godric's Hollow.
Etymology: The incantation is direct Latin for "destroy".
Notes: This spell seems to use heat for its explosion, while Expulso uses
pressure instead.
Confundo (Confundus Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: con-FUN-doh
Description: Causes the victim to become confused and befuddled.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1994, Severus Snape asserted that Harry, Ron and
Hermione had this charm cast on them so that they would believe Sirius
Black's claim of innocence; used two years later by Hermione to allow Ron to
join the Gryf ndor Quidditch team. It was used multiple times
in 1997 and 1998.
Etymology: The incantation, when non-capitalised, means "I confuse"; the
title may derive from the Latin confundere, meaning "to confuse" or "to
perplex."
(Conjunctivitis Curse)
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Description: Causes irritation in the eyes, forcing them to swell shut. The
Oculus Potion is able to counteract this curse. Dragons are particularly
susceptible to this curse, as their hide makes them resistant to most spells,
while their eyes remain vulnerable.
Seen/Mentioned: It was suggested by Sirius Black in his letter to
Harry for him to use this spell on a dragon. Olympe Maxime used this spell
on some giants in 1995.
Etymology: "Conjunctivitis" is the technical term for "pink eye,"
demonstrating its effects of irritating the eye and causing it to shut.
(Corn ake skin spell)
Description: This spell causes the victim's skin to appear as though it was
coated in corn akes.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1996, an unnamed student went to the hospital for
treatment after he was hit with it, which was done in retaliation for
the Inquisitorial Squad's recent behaviour.
(Cracker Jinx)
Type: Jinx
Description: This spell is used to conjure exploding wizard crackers; it can
be used in duelling to harm the opponent, but the force of the explosion may
also affect the caster.
(Cribbing Spell)
Type: Spell
Description: This spell, which may possibly be a charm, is used to assist the
caster in cheating on written papers, tests, and exams. It is possible that
these spells can negate anti-cheating spells.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1991, an unnamed Slytherin student asked his fellow
students whether any of them knew any good cribbing spells.
Crinus Muto

Type: Trans guration
Description: Used to trans gure the colour and style of one's hair.[10]
Seen/Mentioned: This maybe be the spell that caused Harry to turn his
eyebrow yellow in 1996. Harry may have used this spell to turn his teacher's
hair blue.
Crucio (Cruciatus Curse)
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Pronunciation: KROO-see-oh
Description: In icts intense pain on the recipient of the curse. This curse
does not physically harm the victim, but may in extreme cases drive them
insane. The pain is described as having hot knives being driven into the
victim. It cannot be cast successfully by a person who is doing so out of pure
spite or anger; one must feel a true desire to cause the victim pain. If one
casts this spell, he or she will receive a life sentence in Azkaban prison for it,
as with the other two Unforgivable Curses.[13]
Seen/Mentioned: Infamously used by Death Eaters Bellatrix
Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange and Bartemius Crouch
Junior to torture the Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity.[28]
Etymology: Latin crucio means "I torture".

Defodio (Gouging Spell)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-FOH-dee-oh
Description: Allows the caster to dig and carve through the target.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by The Trio to escape from a bank in 1998 while
riding a dragon. It was later used by Harry to write the epitaph for Dobby, who
had been killed.
Etymology: The incantation is Latin for "I dig".
Deletrius (Eradication Spell)
Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-LEE-tree-us
Description: Counter-charm to the Reverse Spell, vanishing the image of the
last spell cast. It may also disintegrate other certain images.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell was only ever seen in 1994 when Amos
Diggory used Prior Incantato to detect that Winky had
cast Morsmordre using Harry Potter's wand.[29]
Etymology: Latin delere, meaning "to destroy", and English "detritus",
meaning rubble.
Densaugeo

Type: Hex
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Description: This hex causes the victim's teeth to grow rapidly.[30]
Seen/Mentioned: Introduced in 1994, when Draco Malfoy's spell rebounded
upon Hermione Granger; her teeth were past her collar before she was forced
to run to the hospital to get them shrunk.[30]
Etymology: From Latin dens, meaning "tooth", and augeo, meaning "I
enlarge"; essentially, it means "I enlarge the tooth".
Deprimo

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-PREEM-oh
Description: Charm used to blast holes in the ground.
Seen/Mentioned: Hermione Granger blasted a hole through the living room
oor of Xenophilius Lovegood's house in 1998 using this spell.[18]
Etymology: The incantation, when non-capitalised, means "to depress" or
"depress".
Depulso (Banishing Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-PUL-soh
Description: Sends the target away from the caster. It is the counter-charm
to the Summoning Charm.
Seen/Mentioned: Although it is learned in the fourth-year charms class
at Hogwarts, it is used multiple times in 1993, as well as in 1995.
Etymology: From the Latin depulsio, meaning "drive away".
Descendo

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: deh-SEN-doh
Description: Causes object to fall or move downwards.[31]
Seen/Mentioned: In 1997, it was used by Ron to magically cause the stairs
in his bedroom, which lead to his family's attic, to descend; later that
year, Crabbe used it in an attempt to cause a wall of rubbish behind which
Ron was hiding to fall on him.[31]
Etymology: Descendo is Latin for "I descend".
(Desk Into Pig)
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Description: Turns desks into pigs.
Seen/Mentioned: Professor McGonagall used this spell as a demonstration
for her class of rst years in 1991, then changed the pig back into a desk.[32]
(Deterioration Hex)
Type: Hex
Description: Impairs foes and reduces their stamina.
Seen/Mentioned: Minerva McGonagall taught members of the Statute of
Secrecy Task Force this hex to help them address the results of
the Calamity in the 2010s.
Dif ndo (Severing Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: dih-FIN-doh
Description: Used to precisely cut or tear objects.
Seen/Mentioned: Used twice in 1994, the rst time being by Harry Potter to
cut Cedric Diggory's bag in order to talk to the latter,[2] and the second time
being by Ron Weasley to cut the lace from the cuffs of his dress robes in an
attempt to make them seem less feminine. The spell was used a third time by
Harry to swap the covers of his second-hand and brand-new copies
of Advanced Potion-Making.
Etymology: Latin dif ndere, meaning "to divide" or "to split".
Diminuendo

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: dim-in-YEW-en-DOUGH
Description: Forces the target to shrink.
Seen/Mentioned: Performed by Nigel Wolpert in 1995, during
a Dumbledore's Army meeting.
Etymology: The incantation derives from the musical term diminuendo,
meaning "a gradual decrease of the volume of sound".
Dissendium

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: dih-SEN-dee-um
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Description: Used to open passages.
Seen/Mentioned: Used multiple times in 1993 to open the statue of Gunhilda
of Gorsemoor, then again four years later in a failed attempt to open Salazar
Slytherin's Locket.
Etymology: There are numerous suggestions.
Notes: This may not be a spell at all in the strict sense but a password;
however, when used for the statue of the hump-backed witch, one must tap
the statue with their wand, indicating that it is in fact a spell.
(Disillusionment Charm)

Type: Charm
Description: Causes the target to blend seamlessly in with its surroundings,
like a chameleon.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Alastor Moody to disguise Harry Potter in 1995.
Draconifors (Draconifors Spell)

Type: Trans guration
Pronunciation: drah-KOH-nih-fors
Description: Transforms the target into a dragon.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught in third year Trans guration class.
Etymology: From the Latin word draco, meaning "dragon",
and forma meaning "shape".
(Drought Charm)

Type: Charm
Description: Causes puddles and ponds to dry up. Though not powerful
enough to drain a body of water like a lake
Seen/Mentioned: Mentioned by Ronald Weasley in 1994 when Harry was
getting ready for the Second Task of The Triwizard Tournament.
Ducklifors

Type: Trans guration, Jinx

Pronunciation: DUCK-lih-fors
Description: Transforms the target into a duck.[10]
Etymology: From the English duck, and the Latin forma meaning "shape".
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Type: Charm
Pronunciation: DYOO-roh
Description: Turns an object to stone.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Hermione Granger in 1998 while escaping
from Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts.[33]
Etymology: Latin duro means "harden".

(Ears to kumquats spell)

Type: Trans guration
Description: This spell transforms the victim's ears into kumquats.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1995, Luna Lovegood read The Quibbler upside down in
order to reveal the secret spell, written in Ancient Runes.[34]
(Ear-shrivelling Curse)
Type: Curse
Description: Causes the target's ears to shrivel up.
Seen/Mentioned: Sometime between 1989 and 1994, Bill Weasley's pen-
friend sent him a hat with this curse on it.
Ebublio (Ebublio Jinx)

Type: Jinx
Pronunciation: ee-BUB-lee-oh
Description: Causes the victim to be trapped in a large bubble.
Seen/Mentioned: Used often by members of the Statute of Secrecy Task
Force.[35]
Engorgio (Engorgement Charm)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: en-GOR-jee-oh
Description: Causes the target to swell in physical size. Its counter-charm is
the Shrinking Charm.
Seen/Mentioned: Rubeus Hagrid used this spell on his pumpkins in 1992;
two years later, Barty Crouch Jnr cast this spell on a spider to make it easier
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years later to test a new wand.
Etymology: The English word engorge means "swell".
Notes: There is much speculation that this spell is the same as the Growth
Charm, though this cannot be proven. Note that there is a difference between
enlarging and engorging something, similar though they may seem.
Engorgio Skullus

Type: Dark charm
Pronunciation: in-GORE-jee-oh SKUH-las
Description: Causes the victim's skull to swell disproportionately.[10] This spell
may be a variation of the Engorgement Charm, as they share the rst word of
the incantation. Its countercurse is Redactum Skullus.
Etymology: See etymology for above entry; "skullus" is Latin for "skull".
Entomorphis (Insect Jinx)

Type: Jinx, Trans guration

Pronunciation: en-TOE-morph-is
Description: This jinx is used to transform the target into an insectoid for a
short time.[10]
Seen/Mentioned: Harry Potter contemplated using this jinx against Dudley
Dursley in 1995, though he decided against it.
(Entrail-Expelling Curse)
Type: Curse
Description: Expels victim's entrails. Precise effects unknown. Invented
by Urquhart Rackharrow.
Seen/Mentioned: When Harry Potter visited St Mungo's Hospital for Magical
Maladies and Injuries in December 1995, he saw the portrait of Urquhart
Rackharrow, which mentioned his invention of this curse.[36]
Episkey

Type: Healing Spell
Pronunciation: ee-PIS-key
Description: Used to heal relatively minor injuries, such as broken bones
and cartilage.
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broken nose after Draco Malfoy broke it on the Hogwarts Express,[37] Harry, in
turn, used it to heal Demelza Robins' swollen lip after Ron punched her
during Quidditch practice.[38]
Etymology: The word comes from Greek "episkeui" ("επισκευή"), which
means "repair".
Notes: This is part of a family of healing spells.
Epoximise

Type: Trans guration
Pronunciation: ee-POX-i-mise
Description: Adheres one object to another, as if they had been glued
together.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell is often used by students to adhere each other's
belongings to their desks (or, unfortunately, their hands).
Etymology: Epoximise comes from the English word epoxy, which is a type
of adhesive.
Notes: This spell may be the Permanent Sticking Charm or a variation.
Erecto

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: eh-RECK-toh
Description: Used to erect a tent or other upright structure.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Hermione Granger to construct a shelter for
her, Harry Potter, and Ronald Weasley in 1997.
Etymology: Erectum is past principle of erigere, which is Latin for "to erect".
Evanesce

Type: Trans guration
Pronunciation: ev-an-ES-key
Description: Vanishes the target
Notes: This and the Vanishing Spell are almost certainly the same spell.
Evanesco (Vanishing Spell)

Type: Trans guration
Pronunciation: ev-an-ES-koh
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Description: Vanishes the target. Vanished things go "into non-being, which
is to say, everything."
Seen/Mentioned: Used by William Weasley to vanish a bundle of old scrolls
whilst cleaning 12 Grimmauld Place in 1995.[39]
Etymology: From "evanescene", meaning "something that is eeting or
disappears.
Everte Statum

Type: Spell
Pronunciation: ee-VER-tay STAH-tum
Description: Throws the victim backward, similarly to being thrown.
Seen/Mentioned: Draco Malfoy used this spell on Harry
Potter in 1992 during the Duelling Club.[40]
Etymology: The Latin words everte, which means "to throw out" and statua,
from the same language, meaning "image".
Expecto Patronum (Patronus Charm)

Luna practising the Patronus Charm during a D.A. meeting

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ecks-PECK-toh pah-TROH-numb
Description: This charm is a highly powerful and advanced protective spell
which will conjure a spirit guardian of their positive emotions to defend
against dark creatures; it can also send messages to other witches or
wizards. The Patronus takes the form of an animal, unique to each person
who casts it. The form of a Patronus can change when one has undergone a
period of heightened emotion.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught to Harry Potter by Remus Lupin during his Anti-
Dementor lessons;[41] Harry later taught Dumbledore's Army this charm.[42] This
is the only known spell effective against Dementors or Lethifolds.
Etymology: Patronus means "protector" in Latin; in archaic Latin, it means
"father"; considering the form Harry's takes, this is interesting.
The Latin word expecto means "I await"[43]
Expelliarmus (Disarming Charm)

Severus Snape using Expelliarmus

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: ex-PELL-ee-ARE-muss
Description: Forces whatever an opponent is holding to y out of their hand.
It was considered to be Harry Potter's signature spell.[44]
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live duelling demonstration during the rst and last meeting of the Duelling
Club in 1992.[40]
Etymology: Probably a combination of Latin expello, meaning "expel",
and arma, meaning "weapon".
Expulso (Expulso Curse)

Type: Curse
Pronunciation: ecks-PUHL-soh
Description: Provokes an explosion, unique in that it uses pressure to do so
as opposed to heat.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Antonin Dolohov during a ght in a cafe in 1997.[45]
Etymology: From expulsum, which is past principle of expellere, which
means "expel".
(Extinguishing Spell)
Type: Charm
Description: Puts out res.
Seen/Mentioned: Charlie Weasley and his friends would use this spell
should something go wrong in the tournament.[46]

(False memory spell)

Type: Charm
Description: Implants a false memory in the victim without them realising it
was not originally theirs.
Seen/Mentioned: Voldemort used this spell twice; rstly in 1943 upon his
uncle Mor n Gaunt, then sometime later on the house-elf Hokey. Both
instances were to hide his crimes and make the victims believe they were
responsible. It is likely that Kingsley Shacklebolt used this spell on Marietta
Edgecombe in 1996 in order to prevent her from revealing Dumbledore's
Army to Cornelius Fudge. This is reinforced by Dumbledore stating that
Shacklebolt was "remarkably quick on the uptake" in modifying her memory. It
is possible that Professor Horace Slughorn used this in the next school year
to hide his memory of Voldemort asking him about Horcruxes, although as he
retained awareness of the true memory his spell may be a different one. It is
also possible that he simply repressed it to such a degree that it could not be
extracted from him against his will, as the memory he gave Dumbledore
simple went blank at the right times and was replaced by a disembodied
shouting, rather than images; this was noted to be crudely done. Hermione
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Wendell and Monica Wilkins respectively, that they have no daughter, and to
make them move to Australia in order to protect them from Voldemort and his
Death Eaters.
(Feather-light charm)
Type: Charm
Description: Makes an object light as a feather.
Seen/Mentioned: Harry Potter contemplated using this in 1993 to lighten his
trunk so that he could carry it by broom to Gringotts, though he decided
against it.
(Ferret to human)

Type: Trans guration
Description: Transforms a ferret into a human.
Seen/Mentioned: It was used by Minerva McGonagall on Draco Malfoy in
1994.
Ferula (Bandaging Charm)
Type: Conjuration, Healing spell
Pronunciation: fer-ROOL-lah
Description: Conjures up bandages and wraps them around a wound,
splinting any broken bones.
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Remus Lupin in 1994 to bind Ronald Weasley's
broken leg.
Etymology: Latin ferula means "walking-stick" or "splint".
Fianto Duri

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: fee-AN-toh DOO-ree
Description: A defensive charm which, based on the etymology, strengthens
shield spells, and perhaps objects in general, in a similar way to Duro.
Seen/Mentioned: Used to protect Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry in 1998.
Etymology: Latin  ant means "become" and duri means "hard".
(Fidelius Charm)
Type: Charm
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within the soul of the charm's recipient, who is called a Secret-Keeper. The
information is irretrievable unless the Secret-Keeper willingly chooses to
reveal it, and only the aforementioned person can do so.
Seen/Mentioned: In 1993, it was explained that when Harry was merely an
infant, he and his parents were hidden from Voldemort with this charm;
from 1995 onward it was used to protect Grimmauld Place, and in 1998 it was
used to protect Shell Cottage.
Etymology: Latin  delis, which means "faithful".
Notes: Although when a Secret-Keeper dies the secret they held can never
be revealed to anyone else[47], in 1997 it is apparent that upon the Keeper's
death all those who had been told the secret become keepers in turn.
Notes (2): This charm seems to have no effect with regard to animals,
as Hedwig found Ron and Hermione in a location that was protected by this
charm; however, it is possible that Dumbledore somehow told her, ludicrous
though such may seem.
Notes (3): In 1981, Hagrid managed to get to Harry before all
the Muggles could look at it; this makes it appear as though the Killing
Curse will negate the effect of the Fidelius Charm.
Notes (4): Those who have been told of the secret by secret-keepers still
cannot pass the secret on, as proven by Severus Snape and Bellatrix
Lestrange.
(Fiendfyre)

Fiendfyre in the Room of Requirement caused by Vincent Crabbe

Type: Curse
Description: Unleashes cursed re that takes the shape of animals that
actively seek out living targets and burn anything in its path, including nearly
indestructible substances such as horcruxes. In addition, this re is made
even more dangerous due to the fact that it is extremely dif cult to control,
and cannot be extinguished with normal or enchanted water.[31]
Seen/Mentioned: Though there are numerous instances when it may have
been used, it was only proven to have been used in 1998 by Vincent Crabbe,
who was killed by it.[31]
Finestra (Finestra spell)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation:  -NESS-tra
Description: Shatters glass.
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Seen/Mentioned: On 6 December 1926, Newt Scamander shattered the
front window of the Voclain & Co. jewellery store in New York using this spell
to try and recapture his escaped nif er when he saw it loose inside the store
stealing things.
Finite Incantatem (General Counter-Spell)

Type: Counter-Spell
Pronunciation:  -NEE-tay in-can-TAH-tem
Description: Terminates all spell effects in the vicinity of the caster.
Seen/Mentioned: Severus Snape used this to restore order to the Duelling
Club in 1992, after the event had descended into utter chaos.[40]
Etymology: Latin  nire, meaning "to nish", and incantatem.
(Finger-removing jinx)
Type: Jinx
Description: Removes a person's ngers.
Seen/Mentioned: Gunhilda Kneen jinxed her husband with this spell.
(Firestorm)

Albus Dumbledore  ghting the Inferi inside the cave in 1997

Type: Charm
Description: Produces a ring of re from the wand.
Seen/Mentioned: Albus Dumbledore used this spell to
rescue Harry from Inferi in 1997.
(Flagrante Curse)

The valuables in the Lestrange Vault were protected with Flagrante curses
Type: Curse
Pronunciation:  ah-GRAHN-tay
Description: Causes objects to burn on contact.
Seen/Mentioned: The Lestrange Vault had this curse on it.
Flagrate

Type: Charm
Pronunciation:  ah-GRAH-tay
Description: Writes in midair with rey marks.
Seen/Mentioned: Tom Riddle used this spell to write his name; Hermione
Granger used it three years later to mark some doors.
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(Flame-Freezing Charm)

Type: Charm
Description: Causes re to tickle those caught in it instead of burning them.
Seen/Mentioned: Third year students wrote an essay on the use of this
charm in medieval witch-burnings; Wendelin the Weird was burned forty-
seven times.
Notes: This may be the spell used in Floo Network, as well as when Albus
Dumbledore set Tom Riddle's wardrobe a ame in 1938.
(Flask-conjuring spell)
Type: Conjuration
Description: Conjures a glass ask
Seen/Mentioned: On 1 May, 1998, Hermione Granger used this spell to
collect the memories of a dying Severus Snape.
Flintifors

Type: Trans guration
Pronunciation: FLINT-i-fors
Description: Transforms objects into matchboxes.
Seen/Mentioned: In the 1980s, this spell was covered in third year
trans guration classes.
Notes: This may be related to, or the incantation for Match to needle.
Flipendo (Knockback Jinx)

Type: Jinx
Pronunciation:  i-PEN-doh
Description: Knocks objects and creatures backwards.
Seen/Mentioned: Taught in  rst year Defence Against the Dark
Arts and Charms class.
Flipendo Duo (Knockback Jinx Duo)
Type: Jinx
Pronunciation:  ih-PEN-doh DOO-oh
Description: A more powerful version of Flipendo.
Flipendo Maxima'
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Description: A more powerful version of the Knockback Jinx, which threw the
target back at a much greater force.
Seen/Mentioned: Invented by Badeea Ali in the 1989–1990 school year, who
taught it to fellow sixth year students.
Flipendo Tria
Type: Jinx
Pronunciation:  ih-PEN-doh TREE-ah
Description: A more powerful version of Flipendo Duo; it is said to resemble
a miniature tornado.

(Flying charm)
Type: Charm
Description: This spell is cast on broomsticks and  ying carpets to allow
them to y.
Seen/Mentioned: Draco Malfoy mentioned this spell when insulting Ron
Weasley's broomstick, wondering why anyone would charm it.
Fumos (Smokescreen Spell)

Type: Charm
Pronunciation: FYOO-moss
Description: Defensive smokescreen that hinders visibility.
Seen/Mentioned: This spell is covered in The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-
Protection.
Fumos Duo
Type: Charm
Description: A more powerful version of Fumos.
Furnunculus (Pimple Jinx)

Type: Jinx
Pronunciation: fer-NUN-kyoo-luss
Description: Covers the target in boils (or pimples).[30]
Seen/Mentioned: Used by Harry Potter on Gregory Goyle.[30]
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synonym for "boil".
(Fur spell)
Type: Charm
Description: Causes fur to grow on the victim.
Seen/Mentioned: Fred and George Weasley used this spell on each other.