cortina de fumaça

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi fuˈma.sɐ/ [kohˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi fuˈma.sɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi fuˈma.sɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi fuˈma.sɐ/ [koχˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi fuˈma.sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈt͡ʃi.na de fuˈma.sa/

Noun

cortina de fumaça f (plural cortinas de fumaça)

(Brazil) smokescreen (smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle)
(Brazil, idiomatic) smokescreen (anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract)

Synonyms

cortina de fumo (Portugal)

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