hoodoo

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
2. (US, countable, uncountable) A practitioner of voodoo.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
4. (countable, uncountable) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.

Verb

To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.

Conceptes

fetitxe

malastruc

Sinònims

jinx

juju

voodoo

fetich

fetish

earth pillar

pest

plague

voodooism

odious person

fall into depravity

fall into vice

hoodooism

nemesis

failure

hex

Jonah

misfortune

angel of death

Traduccions

menagramo

Unglücksbringer

porte-malheur

büyü

Plagegeist

Würgeengel

verwünschte

Erdpyramide

γρουσούζης

κακότυχος

fétiche

guigne

oiseau de mauvais augure

vaudou

porter malheur

Etimologia (Anglès)

Apparently an alteration of voodoo.