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pano de fundo

Portuguese, noun

pano de fundo is spelled P-A-N-O-D-E-F-U-N-D-O (11 letters). Pano de fundo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “backdrop (decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does pano de fundo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebackdrop (decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage)

  2. 2

    masculinebackdrop (background of a historical event)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. grande pano ao fundo de um palco de teatro 2. contexto histórico de uma situação

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 pano de fundo

  • panos de fundo plural

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

English words that translate to pano de fundo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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