Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Small-fire arms
Portuguese translation:
armas de baixo calibre
English term
Portugal
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Small-fire arms
I am trying to think of something in Portuguese not as straight-forward.
Thanks in advance
Proposed translations
Portugal
Translating with care
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: European/Portugal, Mozambican, Angolan, Brazilian, Cape Verdean)
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armas de baixo calibre
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-06-27 13:01:19 GMT)
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armas de pequeno porte
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Portugal
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, and 5 more.
pequenas armas de fogo
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United States
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fogo de armas de pequeno porte
UN study says small arms fire deadliest
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2005/07/11/arms050711.html
8 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his unit was conducting a dismounted patrol and was attacked by small arms fire.Williams was assigned to the 44th Engineer ...
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armas de pequeno porte --- as suggested above, but the phrase is not "small firearms" but "fire from small arms" in my understanding
| You are right, of course. It could be "hear" or "sound". Since the overall meaning can be understood, I did not pay much attn to the verb. And the term is exactly as u put it, Edgar |
United States
Accurate, Fast and Reliable
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armas de fogo de pequeno porte
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Israel
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Armas de fogo de pequeno calibre O Armas ligeras (de combate) de pequeno calibre
A Lei nº 10.826/03 estabeleceu condições ainda mais rígidas para o porte de arma
de fogo (de pequeno calibre). A autorização para porte depende de dois ...
Battlefield 2142 - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Una arma ligera de combate de pequeño calibre y gran cadencia de fuego complementan
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Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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armas de fogo leves
aesquinadosmundos.queroumforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1085 - 48k - I hurtigbuffer - Lignende sider - Noter dette
Daniel Baird Wesson - Começando com a letra D- [ Oversett denne siden ]Inventor e fabricante americano, com Horace Smith (1808-1893) criaram a famosa marca de armas de fogo leves Smith & Wesson.
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