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[broo-huh-ree-uh, broo-
noun
a form of witchcraft practiced in Latin America and parts of the West Indies, rooted in a blend of African and Indigenous traditional religions and later influenced by Catholicism.
Prior to the Spanish colonization of both the Aztecs and the Taíno people, í was not stigmatized as being dark or evil.
Usually í a spell, curse, or other instance of this witchcraft.
His recent trips have been afflicted with so many challenges that I almost wonder if there’s some form of í at work.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of í1
Example Sentences
They crystallize as you witness her onstage or in her music videos, conjuring a kind of pop-girl brujeria, with a look that says: I’m a grease-stained postapocalyptic baddie who is making art and dropping it low in the face of life’s paradoxes.
Bomba Estéreo, “í” Don’t hate me — El Búho is not Latino!
Other times it leaned into more Latino-specific concerns, such as comparing candidate Joe Biden to Latin American dictators or claiming that Black Lives Matter activists were using í — that is, witchcraft.
When the contest was over, Aja performed two songs from a Halloween-themed EP they’d released the previous year and “í.”
Carinés A. Moncada, the host, claimed that a co-founder of Black Lives Matter practiced “í” — witchcraft.
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