engelska-portugisiska översättning av throttle

aceleradorTodos estavam com o pé no acelerador. Everyone was opening the throttle. Contudo, pus o pé no acelerador também por outro motivo. However, I put my foot on the throttle for another reason too.
estrangularHavia necessidade de estrangular os investimentos públicos para apoiar o euro? Did public investment have to be throttled in order to support the euro?

A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine
The windpipe or trachea
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated

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