cortina de fumaça

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

• (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)

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

Synonyms

• cortina de fumo (Portugal)