English-Portuguese translations for gunboat

• canhoneira
  É a armada anglo-americana que, no Médio Oriente, ressuscita a diplomacia das canhoneiras. It is the Anglo-American armada that is reviving gunboat diplomacy in the Middle East.
  A UE podia ter apresentado uma alternativa de conteúdo sólido à «política de canhoneira» dos EUA. The EU could have come forward with a real alternative to the USA's 'gunboat diplomacy' .
  Queixaram-se de que não lhes tínhamos dado canhoneiras que lhes permitissem defender as fronteiras de forma mais eficaz. They complained that we had not given them any gunboats to allow them to defend their borders more effectively.

Definition of gunboat

• Any of the various types of small armed vessels

Related words

• gunboat diplomacy
• Gunby and Stainby
• Candlesby with Gunby