Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
caveirão
English translation:
Caveirão (police armored car)
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rhandler
Feb 8, 2007 12:41
17 yrs ago
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aquele camburão que passa nas favelas pra combater crime e que é temido pelos habitantes.
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| 4 +2 | Caveirão (police armored car) |
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| 4 | armored truck |
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Caveirão (police armored car)
Caveirão é o apelido, intraduzível. Mantenha o nome e explique. Isto é o que ele é: um carro blindado da polícia. Veja estes exemplos:
Achtung Panzer! - Polish Armor 1939
The main source for plates was the safe making shop as well as destroyed German police armored car of unknown type. In addition, German bombardment of the ...
www.achtungpanzer.com/pol/kubus.htm
eBay: 1/144 Estonian police armored car Landsverk L-180 (item ...
Find 1/144 Estonian police armored car Landsverk L-180 in the Toys Hobbies , Models, Kits , Military , Armor category on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-144-Estonian-police-armored-car-Landsv...
York Dispatch - Brother: We all shot at car
Michael E. Wright admitted for the first time in 33 years that he was among a group of blacks who fired at a police armored car during the riots, ...
www.yorkdispatch.com/yorkriots/schaad/ci_00011227990
Achtung Panzer! - Polish Armor 1939
The main source for plates was the safe making shop as well as destroyed German police armored car of unknown type. In addition, German bombardment of the ...
www.achtungpanzer.com/pol/kubus.htm
eBay: 1/144 Estonian police armored car Landsverk L-180 (item ...
Find 1/144 Estonian police armored car Landsverk L-180 in the Toys Hobbies , Models, Kits , Military , Armor category on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-144-Estonian-police-armored-car-Landsv...
York Dispatch - Brother: We all shot at car
Michael E. Wright admitted for the first time in 33 years that he was among a group of blacks who fired at a police armored car during the riots, ...
www.yorkdispatch.com/yorkriots/schaad/ci_00011227990
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armored truck
These are not really cars. They are much bigger, more akin to the armored trucks used by banks. A literal translation might be 'skull' or the less common 'skullon.'
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