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Feb 8, 2009, 10:57 AM

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Torreta?

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It is almost like a Torreta is like a gun turret, but I don't think so. So what does it mean?

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Los delincuentes llegaron en camionetas último modelo con torretas, los cuales portaban ametralladoras de alto calibre, granadas de mano y chalecos antibalas

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Feb 8, 2009, 11:19 AM

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Re: [raferguson] Torreta?

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It would no doubt be an armored vehicle with, as you said, mounted gun turrets. Nice guys.

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Feb 8, 2009, 11:52 AM

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Re: [raferguson] Torreta?

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You're right, it is a gun turret. Since turrets look kind of like little towers, you just take torre, add the diminutive ending -eta (you wouldn't want to use -ita or -illa because you're not talking about something in a positive light, and you're not downplaying its importance), and there you have it. Torreta.