quimbundo
Portuguese, noun/kĩˈbũ.du/
quimbundo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Kimbundu language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “língua banta falada no noroeste da Angola pelos ambundos”.
What does quimbundo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineKimbundu language
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao povo ambundo 2. relativo ao idioma quimbundo
noun: 1. língua banta falada no noroeste da Angola pelos ambundos 2. indivíduo do povo ético ambundo, do grupo étnico banto 3. o povo ambundo
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.
How do you pronounce quimbundo?
- Brazil /kĩˈbũ.du/
- Portugal /kĩˈbũ.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quimbundo in Portuguese?
quimbundo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).