Vera Verto^[1] is the incantation of a spell used to transform an animal into a water goblet. Professor Minerva McGonagall taught this charm to her second year students, in lesson seven, as noted on her blackboard.

Contents 1 Casting 2 Effects 3 Practitioners 4 Etymology 5 Behind the scenes 6 Appearances 7 Notes and references

CastingEdit

This spell is moderately difficult to perform, and disastrous if done wrong^[2]. Side-effects include the goblet being furry or having a tail^[2]. Wand movement and posture are both very important for this charm, as Professor McGonagall noted when teaching her class in September of 1992^[2].

To perform the spell, one must tap the targeted animal three times sharply with their wand, and then point their wand directly at the animal, incanting, "Vera Verto"^[1][2].

EffectsEdit

Once performed, a jet of nearly indiscernible, crystal-clear mist, almost like a spray, will shoot from the caster's wand, engulfing the animal and quickly morphing it into a goblet with a quiet whooshing noise^[2].

If performed incorrectly, a spasm of greenish light will shoot from the wand with a crackling, whining noise and the target will be transfigured improperly^[2]. It may still be furry, or might possess a tail (or a combination of the two)^[2].

PractitionersEdit

• Minerva McGonagall
• Harry Potter
• Ronald Weasley (Failed)

EtymologyEdit

"Vera Verto" is a Latin phrase meaning "true exchange"^[3]. This fits rather well with its effects.

Behind the scenesEdit

• Despite the subtitles saying that the incantation is "Vera Verto", there is a possibility that the subtitles are wrong and that the incantation is "Fera Verto". This makes particular sense when one considers "fera" means "wild" or "wild animal"^[4].
• In the fifth game, during the O.W.L.s, one of the tests is to transform an animal into a water goblet; it is more than likely this was meant to be "Vera Verto".

AppearancesEdit

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)

Notes and referencesEdit

Transfiguration (class)
Professors: Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall
Textbooks: A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Known practitioners: Emeric Switch · Circe · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell ·
Transfiguration spells studied at Hogwarts: Chair to cat · Match to needle · Snail to Teapot · Teacup to Rat · Switching Spell · Transforming Spell · Avifors Spell · Mice to Snuffboxes · Beetle Buttons · Rabbit Slippers · Teapot to tortoise · Draconifors Spell · Lapifors Spell · Vanishing Spell · Vera Verto · Owl to opera glasses · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Hedgehog to pincushion · Small Child to Rat · Meddling Man to Monkey
Branches of Transfiguration: Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration