spike strip

Portuguese translation: lagarta de pregos

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English term or phrase:spike strip
Portuguese translation:lagarta de pregos

07:17 Jun 24, 2019
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / Police devices
English term or phrase: spike strip
I'm trying to find the most common name for spike strip devices in European Portuguese, the type of traps set up by the police to perforate car tires on the road.
goncalvespt
Local time: 02:40
lagarta de pregos
Explanation:
en
spike strip


Council

tyre deflation device


Council

pt
lagarta de pregos


Council
Reference: TERMPT - Conselho
Definition: Dispositivo estendível cravejado de picos utilizado em operações policiais para barrar a passagem de veículos rodoviários furando-lhes os pneus.
Definition reference: TERMPT - Conselho
Language level note: JM/T (MAR11)

https://iate.europa.eu/search/standard/result/1561375470747/...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-06-24 11:30:04 GMT)
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PSP admite utilização de «lagartas de pregos»

A Direcção Nacional da PSP admitiu esta terça-feira passar a utilizar, em algumas circunstâncias, "lagartas de pregos" nas barreiras policiais para travar veículos suspeitos, depois da morte de um agente numa barragem policial no Algarve.
https://tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/policia/psp-admite-utilizacao...

https://www.jn.pt/arquivo/2005/interior/a-guerra-das-lagarta...

Em pt-pt, é isso.
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 18:40


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lagarta de pregos


Explanation:
en
spike strip


Council

tyre deflation device


Council

pt
lagarta de pregos


Council
Reference: TERMPT - Conselho
Definition: Dispositivo estendível cravejado de picos utilizado em operações policiais para barrar a passagem de veículos rodoviários furando-lhes os pneus.
Definition reference: TERMPT - Conselho
Language level note: JM/T (MAR11)

https://iate.europa.eu/search/standard/result/1561375470747/...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-06-24 11:30:04 GMT)
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PSP admite utilização de «lagartas de pregos»

A Direcção Nacional da PSP admitiu esta terça-feira passar a utilizar, em algumas circunstâncias, "lagartas de pregos" nas barreiras policiais para travar veículos suspeitos, depois da morte de um agente numa barragem policial no Algarve.
https://tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/policia/psp-admite-utilizacao...

https://www.jn.pt/arquivo/2005/interior/a-guerra-das-lagarta...

Em pt-pt, é isso.

expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 18:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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