macumba

[muh-koom-buh]

noun

1. a Brazilian cult incorporating the use of fetishes and sorcery and deriving largely from African practices.

Macumba

/ maˈkumba /

noun

1. a religious cult in Brazil that combines Christian and voodoo elements

Word History and Origins

Origin of macumba¹

Borrowed into English from Portuguese around 1935–40

Example Sentences

“Nobody wants macumba here,” one of them told Figueiredo, using an ethnic slur, according to testimony he provided to authorities.

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