cortina de humo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˌtina de ˈumo/ [koɾˌt̪i.na ð̞e ˈu.mo]
- Syllabification: cor‧ti‧na de hu‧mo
Noun
cortina de humo f (plural cortinas de humo)
- smokescreen (smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle)
- (idiomatic) smokescreen (anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract)
Further reading
- “cortina de humo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024