macumba

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese macumba (“macumba; curse”), from Kimbundu makôba (or a related Bantu language of western Central Africa).

Noun

macumba (plural macumbas)

  1. A type of Afro-Brazilian folk religion combining elements of Roman Catholicism with traditional African religious beliefs and practices; or a specific cult or ceremony of such religion. [from 20th c.]
    • 1988, Jorge Amado, Gregory Rabassa, transl., Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 79:
      And later on at the Gantóis macumba, Omolu, bedecked in red, had said that the day of vengeance for the poor would not be long in coming.

French

Noun

macumba f (plural macumbas)

  1. macumba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu makôba.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈkũ.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈkũ.ba/

Noun

macumba f (plural macumbas)

  1. any Afro-Brazilian religion
  2. (Brazil) curse; hex
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