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)

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, Gregory Rabassa, translating Jorge Amado, Captains of the Sands, Penguin 2013, p. 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)

macumba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu makôba.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈkũ.bɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈkũ.ba/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈkũ.bɐ/

Noun

macumba f (plural macumbas)

any Afro-Brazilian religion
(Brazil) curse; hex

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