What does culatra in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word culatra in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use culatra in Portuguese.

The word culatra in Portuguese means gun breech, culatra, sair errado, sair pela culatra, sair pela culatra. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word culatra

gun breech

culatra

noun (handle of a handgun)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Most car wash spray wands have a pistol grip.

sair errado

intransitive verb (plan: bring unwanted result) (plano)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
The plan backfired and now voters are demanding that he resign.

sair pela culatra

intransitive verb (US, figurative (backfire: on [sb]) (gíria)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
Ian called the police, pretending to have committed a crime, but the prank boomeranged when they showed up to arrest him.

sair pela culatra

intransitive verb (US, figurative (backfire on) (gíria)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
Jessica made one silly mistake and her plan boomeranged on her.

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