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English: blizzards of grapeshot

Portuguese translation: rajadas de metralha



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English term or phrase:blizzards of grapeshot
Portuguese translation:rajadas de metralha
Entered by:Eneide Moreira
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English term or phrase: blizzards of grapeshot
blizzards of grapeshot (call fires from last century)
Eneide Moreira
Brazil
rajadas de metralha
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Clauwolf
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4 +1rajadas de metralha
Clauwolf
4metralhadas / chuvas de metralhaCarlos Angelo


  


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rajadas de metralha

Explanation:
:) Uma opção

Clauwolf
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metralhadas / chuvas de metralha

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* Do Houaiss:
metralhada - descarga de armas carregadas de metralha ('pequenas balas'); metralha.
metralha - conjunto de pequenas balas, pedaços de ferro velho, pregos etc. us. como carga de artilharia / chuva de metralha; metralhada.

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Note added at 7 days (2005-12-19 17:20:52 GMT) Post-grading
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Uma "rajada" é uma seqüência rápida de projetis, cada um lançado por um disparo individual. Uma "metralhada" é justamente o contrário, vários projetis sendo lançados por *um só disparo*.

Carlos Angelo
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