Type: Transfiguration
Pronunciation: vair-uh-VAIR-toh
Description: Turn animals to water goblets.
Seen/Mentioned: Used only once in the series, by Minerva McGonagall in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at her Transfiguration class. Also used by Ronald Weasley unsuccessfully in the same class thanks to his damaged wand.
Etymology: From Latin vera meaning "right" or "proper", and verto, meaning “I turn”.
Pronunciation: vair-uh-VAIR-toh
Description: Turn animals to water goblets.
Seen/Mentioned: Used only once in the series, by Minerva McGonagall in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at her Transfiguration class. Also used by Ronald Weasley unsuccessfully in the same class thanks to his damaged wand.
Etymology: From Latin vera meaning "right" or "proper", and verto, meaning “I turn”.