boca-de-fumo

Portuguese

Etymology

Compound of boca +‎ de +‎ fumo. Literally, “smoke mouth”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbo.kɐ.d͡ʒiˈfũ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbo.kɐ.d͡ʒiˈfũ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbo.ka.deˈfu.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbo.kɐ.dɨˈfu.mu/ [ˌbo.kɐ.ðɨˈfu.mu]

• Hyphenation: bo‧ca‧-de‧-fu‧mo

Noun

boca-de-fumo f (plural bocas-de-fumo)

1. (Brazil) favela regions or other places where drug trafficking is present (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)