cara de lata
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- cara-de-lata
Etymology
Literally, “tin plate face”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.ɾɐ d͡ʒi ˈla.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.ɾa de ˈla.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈka.ɾɐ dɨ ˈla.tɐ/ [ˈka.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈla.tɐ]
Noun
cara de lata m (plural caras de lata)
- (Rio de Janeiro, slang) armored car used by Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
- Synonym: caveirão
- c. 2007, MC Smith (lyrics and music), “De Blindado os Cú Azul Não Me Intimida” (0:52 from the start):
- Cara de lata que tava preso no trilho / Jogamo 5 granada e acertamo uns 200 tiro
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2021 August 20, Putodiparis (lyrics and music), “Chico Buarque Interlúdio” (0:50 from the start), in Putodiparis:
- Tomou-lhe uma rajada, o cara de lata
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022 June 16, Filipe Ret, MC Cabelinho, MC Maneirinho (lyrics and music), “7 Meiota” (1:52 from the start), in LUME:
- Já faz um tempo que ele não passa da barricada / Se subir, tentar entrar, nós vai furar o cara de lata
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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