mumbo in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for mumbo in the English»Italian Dictionary

mumbo jumbo [Brit ˌmʌmbəʊ ˈdʒʌmbəʊ, Am ˌməmboʊ ˈdʒəmboʊ] N inf, pej

1. mumbo jumbo (speech, writing):

it was all mumbo jumbo to me

non ci ho capito niente, per me era arabo

2. mumbo jumbo (ritual):

mumbo jumbo

= cerimoniale astruso e ridicolo

mumbo in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for mumbo in the English»Italian Dictionary

mumbo jumbo [ˌmʌm·boʊ·ˈdʒʌm·boʊ] N inf

mumbo jumbo

linguaggio m esoterico

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They are very fond of high-sounding phrases which are vaguely impressive but mean nothing, no doubt a by-product of all the self-help mumbo-jumbo they peddle.

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They, of course, support the search for "meaningful solutions", and "independent thinkers", not "moralising mumbo-jumbo".

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