equê
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yoruba eke (“lie, falsehood”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -e
Noun
[edit]equê m (plural equês)
- (Brazil, religion, derogatory) lack of traditional training or proper initiation in the context of Afro-Brazilian religions
- (Brazil, religion, derogatory) a false transe in Candomblé (when someone pretends to be possessed by an Orisha)
- 2021 July 6, Jim Wafer - Tradução Hédimo Santana, O Gosto De Sangue[1], Clube de Autores:
- O falso transe é um fenômeno familiar no candomblé e é chamado de "equê,” que Taís definiu para mim como “um tipo de teatro.”
- False trance is a familiar phenomenon in Candomblé and is called "equê," which Taís defined for me as "a kind of theater."
- (Brazil, LGBTQ slang) lie, deception
Further reading
[edit]- “equê”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
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- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
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