boca de fumo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• boca-de-fumo (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Literally, “smoke mouth”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.kɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.kɐ d͡ʒi ˈfũ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ka de ˈfu.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.kɐ dɨ ˈfu.mu/ [ˈbo.kɐ ðɨ ˈfu.mu]

• Hyphenation: bo‧ca‧-de‧-fu‧mo

Noun

boca de fumo f (plural bocas de fumo)

1. (Brazil) favela regions or other places where drug trafficking is present (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)