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as garras

claws, talons, clutches, grasp

→ garra
garra grit, determination, drive + s Plural
noun · plural feminine Rare #35,723
claws, talons
PO: O gato afia as garras no sofá.
EN: The cat sharpens its claws on the sofa.
clutches, grasp Often used figuratively in the phrase cair nas garras de alguém, “to fall into someone’s clutches.”
PO: O herói salvou a cidade das garras do vilão.
EN: The hero saved the city from the villain’s clutches.
Declension of garra
garragarras

Eu também caí nas garras do demônio.

I, too, fell into the clutches of the devil.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Usamos nossas garras e unhas, no vazio, umas com as outras.

We use our claws and nails against each other in the void.

— Psicose (1960)

"Ou nas garras da peste".

Or in the clutches of the plague.

— Meu Amigo Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Melhor não cair nas suas garras.

Better not fall into your clutches.

— Замри-умри-воскресни! (1990)

Mesmo que ele deva tirá-lo das garras do diabo.

Even if he has to rescue him from the clutches of the devil.

— Era uma Vez no Oeste (1968)

Sim, precisa mostrar as garras.

Yes, you need to show your claws.

— Braço de Diamante (1969)