orixá
Portuguese, noun/o.ɾiˈʃa/
orixá is spelled O-R-I-X-Á (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orixá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “orisha (divine entity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “divindade do culto gege-nagô ou iorubano que, segundo a crença religiosa, foi criada pelo assovio à esquerda…”.
What does orixá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorisha (divine entity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. divindade do culto gege-nagô ou iorubano que, segundo a crença religiosa, foi criada pelo assovio à esquerda de Olofim e associada às forças da natureza
noun: 1. distrito de Bengala
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 orixá
- orixás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orixá?
- Brazil /o.ɾiˈʃa/
- Portugal /ɔ.ɾiˈʃa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orixá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orixá in Portuguese?
orixá appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).