cortina de fumo
Portuguese, noun/koʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu/
cortina de fumo is spelled C-O-R-T-I-N-A-D-E-F-U-M-O (13 letters). Cortina de fumo 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 fumo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininesmokescreen (smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle)
- 2
Portugalfemininesmokescreen (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 fumo
- cortinas de fumo plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortina de fumo?
- Brazil /koʁˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu/
- Brazil [kohˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu]
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 fumo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.