Portuguese-English translations for trancar

  • bolt
    us
    I just hope it is not a case of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. Só espero que não se dê o caso de estarmos a trancar as portas depois da casa roubada. However, to use an English phrase, these measures are akin to closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. No entanto, e recorrendo a uma expressão conhecida, estas medidas são o equivalente a trancar as portas depois da casa roubada. It is not enough to ascertain the existence of the deficit, closing the stable door after the horse has bolted! Here, we have to develop a common economic policy - we owe it to our citizens! Não basta constatar o défice e trancar as portas depois da casa roubada: aqui, temos de levar por diante uma política económica comum, devemo-lo aos nossos cidadãos!
  • lock
    us
    It is easy to win the game when you lock up the opposition in the changing room. É fácil ganhar o jogo depois de trancar o adversário no vestiário. Let us simply clear everyone out of the buildings, lock the door, throw away the key and give that EUR 1.7 billion back to the citizens who have earned it with their own blood, sweat and tears. Vamos, pura e simplesmente, evacuar os edifícios, trancar as portas, deitar as chaves fora e devolver os 1,7 mil milhões de euros aos cidadãos que os ganharam com sangue, suor e lágrimas. If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock
  • obstructThey obstructed my progress.
  • padlock

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