pistol

pistola

Arma de fuego pequeña que se puede sujetar y disparar con una mano.

En inglés sencillo: A small gun that you can hold and fire with one hand.

• He carried a pistol.
• The officer put her pistol back in its holster.
• Someone fired a pistol outside the building.

Sinónimos: handgun

Expresiones frecuentes: a loaded pistol, fire a pistol, carry a pistol

pistola

Arma corta cuyo cartucho se aloja en una recámara fija unida al cañón.

En inglés sencillo: A handgun whose bullet sits in a fixed chamber joined to the tube it travels through.

• This pistol has a fixed chamber.
• Unlike a revolver, the pistol holds its ammunition in a magazine.
• The instructor explained how the pistol’s chamber connects to its barrel.

Expresiones frecuentes: a semiautomatic pistol, pistol barrel, pistol chamber