quizomba
Portuguese, noun/kiˈzõ.bɐ/
quizomba is spelled Q-U-I-Z-O-M-B-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese, the 178,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quizomba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “party” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “divertimento, festa, folguedo”.
What does quizomba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineparty
- 2
femininemasculinekizomba (genre of Angolan popular music derived from the traditional semba dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. divertimento, festa, folguedo 2. ritmo musical e dança de origem angolana
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 quizomba
- kizomba alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quizomba?
- Brazil /kiˈzõ.bɐ/
- Portugal /kiˈzõ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quizomba in Portuguese?
quizomba appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).