quilombola
Portuguese, noun/ki.lõˈbɔ.lɐ/
quilombola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “resident of a quilombo (settlement originally founded by runaway slaves in Brazil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitante de um quilombo”.
What does quilombola mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof or relating to a quilombo
noun
- 1
femininemasculineresident of a quilombo (settlement originally founded by runaway slaves in Brazil)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que pertence ou faz referência a um quilombo
noun: 1. habitante de um quilombo
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 quilombola
- quilombolas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quilombola?
- Brazil /ki.lõˈbɔ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ki.lõˈbɔ.lɐ/
- /ki.lõ.ˈbɔ.lɐ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quilombola
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quilombola in Portuguese?
quilombola appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).