Squad in spanish
pronunciation: ekipoʊ part of speech: noun
squad = escuadra, cuadrilla, brigada, equipo.
Example: This concept comes mainly from the military, where a designated number of troops make a squad, a platoon, a regiment, etc..more:
» anti-riot squad = brigada antidisturbios.
Example: The video shows scores of members of the anti-riot squad dressed in black and equipped well for a country where riots are extremely rare.» bomb disposal squad = brigada de artificieros, artificieros, brigada de desactivación de explosivos, brigada de desactivación de bombas.
Example: A huge explosion occurred where a bomb disposal squad was loading a truck with Japanese bombs that had been excavated from the road.» bomb squad = brigada de artificieros, artificieros, brigada de desactivación de explosivos, brigada de desactivación de bombas.
Example: Even worse, the bomb squads themselves have become targets.» death squad = escuadrón de la muerte.
Example: These death squads abducted members of the civilian population torturing and often executing them.» drug squad = brigada de estupefacientes, brigada antidroga.
Example: A former drug squad detective has been jailed for 22 years after he admitted playing a key role in a £200m cocaine-smuggling plot.» firing squad = pelotón de fusilamiento.
Example: The book has a blue mottled sheepskin binding signed by Antoine Menard, a famous bookbinder who was shot in Paris by a firing squad in 1871 but feigned death and escaped to Spain.» fraud squad = brigada de delitos económicos, brigada de delitos monetarios, brigada antifraude.
Example: Local police forces have been forced to shrink their own fraud squads since their priorities are street crime, drugs and normal policing.» patrol squad = patrulla de policía.
Example: Anita and Sushila are members of the first all-women patrol squad that is maintaining a vigil at places frequented by women and girls to provide them with a sense of safety and confidence.» police squad = patrulla de policía.
Example: A specialist police squad has been set up to track down crime groups that use drones to smuggle drugs, phones and other contraband into prisons.» shooting squad = pelotón de fusilamiento.
Example: He left the shooting squad and joined the squad that brought the Jews from the granaries to the pits.» squad car = coche patrulla.
Example: In sheer desperation, he broke away from the two policemen who claimed to be protecting him and ran to the squad car, begging for protection.» suicide squad = comando suicida.
Example: In Saigon, the United States Embassy has been overrun by suicide squads.