quimbanda
Portuguese, noun/kĩˈbɐ̃.dɐ/
quimbanda is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fortune-teller or healer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chefe religioso, sacerdote, curandeiro”.
What does quimbanda mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefortune-teller or healer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chefe religioso, sacerdote, curandeiro 2. sacerdote de cultos religiosos do tipo angola-congo 3. religião de matriz africana, relacionada com a umbanda, mas que utiliza uma gama de arquétipos (entidades) diferentes, como exús, malandros, marujos, ciganos, etc. 4. o conjunto dos rituais dessa religião
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 quimbanda
- quimbandas plural
- kimbanda alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quimbanda?
- Brazil /kĩˈbɐ̃.dɐ/
- Portugal /kĩˈbɐ̃.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quimbanda in Portuguese?
quimbanda appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).