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à paisana

in plain clothes

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in plain clothes Used for a police officer or other official who is not wearing a uniform and is trying not to be noticed.
PO: O policial estava à paisana.
EN: The police officer was in plain clothes.

São soldados à paisana!

They are soldiers in plainclothes!

— O Motorista de Táxi (2017)

À paisana?

In plain clothes?

— O Motorista de Táxi (2017)

O policial estava à paisana.

The police officer was in plain clothes.

Tom vendeu o carro que ele tinha roubado para um policial à paisana.

Tom sold the car he had stolen to an undercover police officer.

Há dois à paisana, dois carros, quatro do FBI.

There are two plainclothes officers, two cars, four FBI agents.

— O Peso de um Passado (1988)

Ele me olhou como se fosse um oficial à paisana!

He looked at me like I was an officer in plain clothes!

— O Conformista (1971)

Um homem à paisana usando botas de policial!

A man in plain clothes wearing police boots!

— Meu Amigo Ivan Lapshin (1985)