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English term or phrase:	antics
Portuguese translation:	traquinice..
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01:36 Nov 12, 2007

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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 Felix de Sousa KudoZ activity Questions: 7784 (12 open) (1 without valid answers) (32 closed without grading) Answers: 892
Local time: 13:57

traquinice

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

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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 13:57

Grading comment

Thank you all
Bjs
T.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

comportamento estranho / apalhaçado

Cristina Santos

movimentos engraçados

Elvira Alves Barry

traquinice

airmailrpl

esquisitices

Lia Barros

Answers

9 mins confidence:

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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http://www.answers.com/topic/antics-1
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
Local time: 17:57
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

7 hrs confidence:

traquinice

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

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 56

Grading comment

Thank you all
Bjs
T.

8 hrs confidence:

esquisitices

Explanation:
Outra idéia.

Lia Barros
Argentina
Local time: 13:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

9 hrs confidence:

movimentos engraçados

Explanation:
Another suggestion.

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 17:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 44

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Nov 15, 2007 - Changes made by airmailrpl:
Edited KOG entry	Teresa Felix de Sousa's old entry - "antics" => "traquinice"

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