à queima-roupa
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLiterally, “at the burn-cloth”. Compare Spanish a quemarropa.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
edit- point blank, at point blank range
- 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
- O medo fez gelar o sangue do soldado, e foi o medo que o fez apontar a arma e disparar uma rajada à queima-roupa.
- Fear made the soldier's blood freeze, and it was fear that made him aim his weapon and fire a burst at point-blank range.
- (figurative) point blank (directly, bluntly)
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