cortina de fumo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu/ [kohˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu]

• (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)

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

Synonyms

• cortina de fumaça (Portugal)