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mãe de santo

Portuguese, noun

mãe de santo is spelled M-Ã-E-D-E-S-A-N-T-O (10 letters). Mãe de santo is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “synonym of ialorixá (“priestess in Candomblé”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, mãe-de-santo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of mãe de santo; still used…”.

What does mãe de santo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesynonym of ialorixá (“priestess in Candomblé”)

noun

as mãe-de-santo
  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of mãe de santo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. vide mãe de santo

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 mãe de santo

  • mães-de-santo plural
  • mães de santo plural
  • mãe-de-santo alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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