mandinga

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: man‧din‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandinka Mandinka (“someone from Mande”), from Mandiŋ (“Mande”) + -ka (“inhabitant suffix”).

Noun

mandinga m or f by sense (plural mandingas)

  1. Mandinka

Noun

mandinga f (plural mandingas)

  1. magic, sorcery, witchcraft
    Synonyms: feitiço, magia, manipanço
  2. (informal, figuratively) difficult, trouble

Etymology 2

Verb

mandinga

  1. inflection of mandingar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandinka Mandinka (“someone from Mande”), from Mandiŋ (“Mande”) + -ka (“inhabitant suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈdinɡa/
  • Rhymes: -inɡa
  • Syllabification: man‧din‧ga

Adjective

mandinga m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandingas or mandinga)

  1. Mandinka

Noun

mandinga m or f by sense (plural mandingas or mandinga)

  1. Mandinka
  2. (South America) the Devil

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