vodu
Portuguese, noun/voˈdu/
vodu is spelled V-O-D-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vodu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “voodoo (an Afro-Caribbean religion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tradição religiosa teísta-animista baseada nos ancestrais, que tem as suas raízes primárias entre os povos…”.
What does vodu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevoodoo (an Afro-Caribbean religion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tradição religiosa teísta-animista baseada nos ancestrais, que tem as suas raízes primárias entre os povos Ewe-Fon da África Ocidental, no Benin
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 vodu
- vudu alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vodu?
- Brazil /voˈdu/
- Portugal /vuˈdu/
- Portugal [vuˈðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vodu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vodu in Portuguese?
vodu appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).