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onde há fumo, há fogo

Portuguese, proverb

onde há fumo, há fogo is a Portuguese proverb meaning “where there's smoke, there's fire (if there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does onde há fumo, há fogo mean in English?

proverb

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    where there's smoke, there's fire (if there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of onde há fumo, há fogo

  • onde há fumaça, há fogo alternative Brazil

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).