fumacê
Portuguese, noun/fu.maˈse/
fumacê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “an excessive amount of smoke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “veneno contra mosquitos pulverizado no ar”.
What does fumacê mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialmasculinean excessive amount of smoke
- 2
Brazilcolloquialmasculinea truck mounted with an insecticide sprayer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veneno contra mosquitos pulverizado no ar 2. veículo que aplica esse veneno 3. tempero mix de ervas com um leve aroma de defumado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fumacê
- fumacês plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fumacê?
- Brazil /fu.maˈse/
- Portugal /fu.mɐˈse/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fumacê in Portuguese?
fumacê appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).