macumbeiro
Portuguese, noun/ma.kũˈbe(j).ɾu/
macumbeiro is spelled M-A-C-U-M-B-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macumbeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a practitioner of macumba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “(Brasil) praticante de macumba”.
What does macumbeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilderogatorymasculinea practitioner of macumba
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (gíria, Brasil) que pratica macumba
noun: 1. (Brasil) praticante de macumba
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of macumbeiro
- macumbeiros plural
- macumbeira feminine
- macumbeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macumbeiro?
- Brazil /ma.kũˈbe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ma.kũˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /mɐ.kũˈbɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is macumbeiro in Portuguese?
macumbeiro appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).