macumbeiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From macumba +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.kũˈbe(j).ɾu/ [ma.kũˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.kũˈbe(j).ɾu/ [ma.kũˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.kũˈbe(j).ɾo/ [ma.kũˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kũˈbɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kũˈbɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kũˈbej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kũˈbej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kũˈbe.ɾu/

Noun

macumbeiro m (plural macumbeiros, feminine macumbeira, feminine plural macumbeiras)

1. (Brazil, sometimes derogatory) a practitioner of macumba

Further reading

• “macumbeiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “macumbeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025