"cara de lata" meaning in Portuguese

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      "form": "caras de lata",
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          "ref": "c. 2007, MC Smith (lyrics and music), “De Blindado os Cú Azul Não Me Intimida” (0:52 from the start):",
          "text": "Cara de lata que tava preso no trilho / Jogamo 5 granada e acertamo uns 200 tiro",
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          "ref": "2016 May 9, Coletivo Papo Reto, Facebook, Rio de Janeiro, archived from the original on 2024-11-23:",
          "text": "URGENTE, O CAVEIRÃO, ou na gíria da faleva^([sic]): CARA DE LATA! - entrou pela Grota ainda há pouco. / Há informações de confronto ao longo da Joaquim de Queiroz e o teleférico encontra-se parado.",
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          "ref": "2021 August 20, Putodiparis (lyrics and music), “Chico Buarque Interlúdio” (0:50 from the start), in Putodiparis:",
          "text": "Tomou-lhe uma rajada, o cara de lata",
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          "text": "Já faz um tempo que ele não passa da barricada / Se subir, tentar entrar, nós vai furar o cara de lata",
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        "armored car used by Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais"
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        "(Rio de Janeiro, slang) armored car used by Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais"
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      "ipa": "/ˈka.ɾa de ˈla.ta/",
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  "word": "cara de lata"
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          "ref": "c. 2007, MC Smith (lyrics and music), “De Blindado os Cú Azul Não Me Intimida” (0:52 from the start):",
          "text": "Cara de lata que tava preso no trilho / Jogamo 5 granada e acertamo uns 200 tiro",
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          "text": "URGENTE, O CAVEIRÃO, ou na gíria da faleva^([sic]): CARA DE LATA! - entrou pela Grota ainda há pouco. / Há informações de confronto ao longo da Joaquim de Queiroz e o teleférico encontra-se parado.",
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