cortina de fumo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu/ [kohˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu/ [koχˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈt͡ʃi.na de ˈfu.mo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈti.nɐ dɨ ˈfu.mu/ [kuɾˈti.nɐ ðɨ ˈfu.mu]

Noun

cortina de fumo f (plural cortinas de fumo)

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

Synonyms

cortina de fumaça (Portugal)

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