quizumba
Portuguese, noun/kiˈzũ.bɐ/
quizumba is spelled Q-U-I-Z-U-M-B-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quizumba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quizumba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
- 2
feminineinformalconfusion, disorder
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of quizumba
- quizumbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quizumba?
- Brazil /kiˈzũ.bɐ/
- Portugal /kiˈzũ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quizumba in Portuguese?
quizumba appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).