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bruxo

bruxo noun: a Brazilian witch/healer.

Noun

bruxo (plural bruxos)

  1. A Brazilian witch/healer.
    • People [with AIDS] who can afford it go to expensive private clinics. Those with little financial resources consult with bruxos, umbandists, spiritists, or they die at home.1988 February 7, Ines Rieder, “Gay Murders in Brazil”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 1

Forms of bruxo

pluralbruxos

Origin of bruxo

Borrowed from Portuguese bruxo.

Questions about bruxo

What does bruxo mean?
Bruxo means a Brazilian witch/healer.
What part of speech is bruxo?
Bruxo is a noun.
What is the plural of bruxo?
The plural of bruxo is bruxos.

Words near bruxo in the dictionary

  1. bruxist
  2. bruxistic
  3. bruxists
  4. bruxite
  5. bruxites
  6. bruxo
  7. bruxomania
  8. Bruyneel
  9. bruz
  10. bruzz
  11. Bruzzese

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