English-Portuguese translations for terrier

terrierA Grã-Bretanha marcha agora, como um ufano terrier , ao lado do grande elefante norte-americano, dizendo: oiçam como ambos batemos bem os pés. Like a proud terrier, Great Britain is walking next to the American elephant, and is saying: listen to us making all this noise. O seu cão, Senhor Deputado Sacconi, é por certo um terrier, dada a tenacidade com que o senhor se agarrou a este assunto, pelo que nem sempre foi fácil para os relatores-sombra obterem o que queriam.Your dog, Mr Sacconi, must be a terrier, given the tenacity with which you got your teeth into this issue, which meant that it was not always easy for the shadow rapporteurs to get what they wanted.

A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (''e.g.'rat terrier
An inventory in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar
An auger or borer

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