zumbi

See also: Zumbi

English

Noun

zumbi (plural zumbis)

1. Alternative form of jumbie, a ghost or spirit
2. (uncommon) Alternative form of zombie

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zũ.ˈbi/
• Hyphenation: zum‧bi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kimbundu nzumbi.

Noun

zumbi m or f (plural s)

1. (Brazil, fiction) zombie (the undead)
2. (Brazil, voodoo) zombie (person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces)
3. (Brazil, figurative) zombie (human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion)
4. (Brazil, historical) the leader of a quilombo (runaway slave settlement)

Synonyms

• (the undead): morto-vivo, zombie (Portugal)
• (person animated by unnatural forces): cazumbi
• (leader of a quilombo): zambi

Derived terms

• zumbinismo
• zumbizismo

Etymology 2

Verb

zumbi

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