English-Portuguese translations for necklace

colarPenso que, no futuro, a União Europeia se tornará uma espécie de colar enfiado nestas redes. I believe that the European Union will in the future become a kind of necklace threaded on these networks. A natureza selvagem não pode ser trancada num cofre dum banco, como um colar ou um pacote de acções da bolsa. The wilderness cannot be locked up in a bank safety deposit box, like a necklace or a package of share certificates. Temos já uma nova expressão no nosso vocabulário: o «colar bielorrusso», que se aplica a uma geração de crianças cujo pescoço foi aberto dum lado ao outro para tratamento do cancro da tiróide.We have got a new word in our vocabulary now: the 'Belarus necklace' , applicable to a generation of children have had their throats slit from ear to ear to deal with their thyroid cancer.

An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached
A device used in necklacing ; a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire
To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck

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