paratroops

• Soldados de infantaria treinados e equipados para saltar de paraquedas em zonas de combate.

Infantry soldiers who are trained and equipped to be deployed by parachute into combat zones.

plural irregular

1. Airborne infantryB2formal

   Soldiers who are specially trained and equipped to be dropped by parachute into combat zones.

   Tropas paraquedistas

   • The paratroops landed behind enemy lines at dawn.
   • He served in an elite unit of paratroops for five years.
   • The general deployed the paratroops to secure the airfield.