mandinga
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ĩɡɐ
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)
Mandinka
==== Noun ====
mandinga f (plural mandingas)
magic, sorcery, witchcraft
Synonyms: feitiço, magia, manipanço
(informal, figuratively) difficult, trouble
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
mandinga
inflection of mandingar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“mandinga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“mandinga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“mandinga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“mandinga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Mandinka Mandinka (“someone from Mande”), from Mandiŋ (“Mande”) + -ka (“inhabitant suffix”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /manˈdinɡa/ [mãn̪ˈd̪ĩŋ.ɡa]
Rhymes: -inɡa
Syllabification: man‧din‧ga
=== Adjective ===
mandinga m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandingas or mandinga)
Mandinka
=== Noun ===
mandinga m or f by sense (plural mandingas or mandinga)
Mandinka
(South America) the Devil
=== Further reading ===
“mandinga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Mandinga_(mitología) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es