Tapones de punta

English translation: with bared teeth

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Spanish term or phrase:	con los tapones de punta
English translation:	with bared teeth
Entered by:	David Russi

17:20 Apr 11, 2006

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Spanish term or phrase: Tapones de punta

Is there any expression in English for this?

Salieron a la cancha con los tapones de punta. (which means with all their weapons, aggressively)

Thanks a lot!

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Local time: 08:16

with bared teeth

Explanation:
maybe

Selected response from:

David Russi
United States
Local time: 05:16

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

armed to the teeth/with guns blazing

Harold Molina

3 +1

ready to kill

MikeGarcia

with bared teeth

David Russi

with their weapons ready/armed and dangerous/armed and ready

Heather Chinchilla

Answers

23 mins confidence:

con tapones de punta

with bared teeth

Explanation:
maybe

David Russi
United States
Local time: 05:16
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32

46 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

armed to the teeth/with guns blazing

Explanation:
It gives the idea of being prepared and aggressive.

Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/with+guns+blazing
Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/armed+to+the+teeth

Harold Molina
United States
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

52 mins confidence:

with their weapons ready/armed and dangerous/armed and ready

Explanation:
Results 1 - 10 of about 39,500,000 for with their weapons ready. (0.45 seconds)

WeaponsHe stationed the guards around the king, with their weapons ready. They formed a line from the south side of the Temple around to the north side and all ...
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Results 1 - 10 of about 29,800,000 for armed and dangerous. (0.04 seconds)

Results 1 - 10 of about 31,600,000 for armed and ready. (0.17 seconds)

Heather Chinchilla
United States
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of: English

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ready to kill

Explanation:
Otra opción para una expresión tipícamente "futbolera" argentina...

MikeGarcia
Spain
Local time: 13:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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