zumbi

See also: Zumbi

English

Noun

zumbi (plural zumbis)

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

Portuguese

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kimbundu nzumbi.

Noun

zumbi m, f (plural zumbis)

  1. (Brazil, fiction) zombie (the undead)
  2. (Brazil, voodoo) zombie (person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces)
  3. (Brazil, figuratively) 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

  1. first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of zumbir
  2. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) affirmative imperative of zumbir
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