cortina de fumaça
Portuguese, noun/koʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi fuˈma.sɐ/
cortina de fumaça is spelled C-O-R-T-I-N-A-D-E-F-U-M-A-Ç-A (15 letters). Cortina de fumaça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “smokescreen (smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cortina de fumaça mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininesmokescreen (smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle)
- 2
Brazilfemininesmokescreen (anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cortina de fumaça
- cortinas de fumaça plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortina de fumaça?
- Brazil /koʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi fuˈma.sɐ/
- Brazil [kohˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi fuˈma.sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortina de fumaça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.