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"tiroteo" in English

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tiroteo{masculine}
shooting{noun}
Hace poco, ya se han dado dos casos de tiroteos escolares en Finlandia -muy cerca de mi país-.
Only recently two school shootings occurred in Finland - very close to my constituency, Estonia.
El señor Kacin se ha referido al violento tiroteo del señor Miletić y otros han mencionado el incidente violento sucedido recientemente en Mitrovica.
Mr Kacin referred to the violent shooting of Mr Miletić and others referred to the recent violent incident in Mitrovica.
Sólo hay que pensar en toda la discriminación y agresión contra los menores de edad y los tiroteos en los colegios.
Just think of all the discrimination and aggression against minority youngsters or school shootings.
protagonizaron un tiroteo con la policía
they were involved in a gun battle with police
gunfight{noun}
Antes de empezar con el debate debo informarles de que, lamentablemente, un soldado italiano ha muerto y otro ha resultado herido en un tiroteo en Afganistán.
Before beginning our work, I must inform you that, sadly, an Italian soldier has been killed and another soldier seriously wounded in a gunfight that took place today in Afghanistan.
gunplay{noun} [Amer.]
firefight{noun} [mil.]
shootout{noun} [coll.]
Durante un tiroteo en un supermercado de la localidad, dos policías que perseguían al culpable resultaron heridos.
During a shootout at a supermarket in the town, two policemen who were in pursuit of the perpetrator were injured.
tirotear{verb}
to shoot up{vb} [coll.] (with hand gun)

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Hace tan sólo unos días se produjo un tiroteo contra unos buques pesqueros.
Some fishing vessels were fired on a few days ago.
el tiroteo empezó con la irrupción de la policía en el bar
the firing began when the police burst into the bar
protagonizaron un tiroteo con la policía
they were involved in a gun battle with police
El señor Kacin se ha referido al violento tiroteo del señor Miletić y otros han mencionado el incidente violento sucedido recientemente en Mitrovica.
Mr Kacin referred to the violent shooting of Mr Miletić and others referred to the recent violent incident in Mitrovica.
hubo un tiroteo
there was an exchange of shots
un tiroteo
an exchange of shots
. - (PL) Señor Presidente, el 26 de octubre de 2006 el Parlamento Europeo aprobó una resolución que condenaba el tiroteo contra mujeres y niños no armados en el paso de Nangpa-la.
author. - (PL) Mr President, on 26 October 2006 the European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the shooting of unarmed women and children in the Nangpa-la pass.
Con el tiroteo del Parlamento que tuvo lugar en Moscú en 1993, se hirió en tal medida a la democracia que hasta hoy no ha recuperado la necesaria credibilidad en la población.
Democracy sustained such damage when the parliament building in Moscow was shelled in 1993 that it has not yet regained the necessary credibility in the eyes of the Russian people.
Hacia mediodía, desenfundan sus pistolas pero, justo antes del tiroteo, se corta la escena y alguien le dice al Sr.
At midday - of course - they drew their guns, but, just as they were about to fire, the scene was interrupted by someone telling Mr Maaten to take his cigarette out of his mouth before firing.
Hacia mediodía, desenfundan sus pistolas pero, justo antes del tiroteo, se corta la escena y alguien le dice al Sr.
At midday - of course - they drew their guns, but, just as they were about to fire, the scene was interrupted by someone telling Mr Maaten to take his cigarette out of his mouth before firing.