English-Spanish translations for submachine gun

• metralleta
  Al cabo de unos minutos fue atacado por soldados británicos, que le apuntaron con metralletas y amenazaron con dispararle. Within minutes he was attacked by British soldiers pointing submachine guns at him and threatening to shoot him.
• pistola ametralladora
• subfusil

Definition of submachine gun

• A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition

Examples

• Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns. - New York Times, 09/03/2007 [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/americas/09cnd-prexy.html?ref=world]

Related words

• submarine
• submariner
• antisubmarine
• submarginal
• submanifold
• submandibular
• submarining
• submatrix
• submachinegun
• anti-submarine