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English: antics

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English term or phrase:antics
Portuguese translation:traquinice..
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English term or phrase: antics
The antics of a Coke delivery man in a supermarket are captured by a security camera. While the famous Hank Williams song, “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” plays in the background, the deliveryman approaches a Pepsi cooler that is adjacent to his own Coca-Cola cooler. The delivery man is shown sneaking a look at the Pepsi cooler, opening it, and then removing a can of Pepsi
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
traquinice
Explanation:
tra.qui.ni.ce
[trakin'isi] s. f. mischief.
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airmailrpl
Brazil
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Bjs
T.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2comportamento estranho / apalhaçado
Cristina Santos
4movimentos engraçados
Elvira Alves Barry
4traquinice
airmailrpl
4esquisitices
Lia Barros


  


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
comportamento estranho / apalhaçado

Explanation:
O comportamento (a atitude) estranho / fora do comum / bizarro / engraçado / apalhaçado

antics plural noun
amusing, silly or strange behaviour
Examples:
But the rock-star whose stage antics used to include smashing guitars is older and wiser now.
The crowds were once again entertained by the number one tennis player's antics on and off the court.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)


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antics: Grotesquely ludicrous or other unusual or unpredictable behaviors.

Michaelis
Antic
Maneira engraçada e fora do comum de comportamento
Palhaçada
Bizarro

Porto Editora
Antics
Bizarro, grotesco
Bobo, palhaço
Atitudes grotescas, palhaçada
Fazer palhaçada

Cristina Santos
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

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agree Olivia Monteiro: Agree
4 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Olivia

agree Humberto Ribas
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Humberto
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traquinice

Explanation:
tra.qui.ni.ce
[trakin'isi] s. f. mischief.

airmailrpl
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 52
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Thank you all
Bjs
T.
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esquisitices

Explanation:
Outra idéia.

Lia Barros
Argentina
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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movimentos engraçados

Explanation:
Another suggestion.

Elvira Alves Barry
Portugal
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
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