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Marketing - IT (Information Technology) | | English term or phrase: souped up car | Works and Commutes:
Has an old souped up car
Studies Computer Science, works as a bartender |
| | | carro 'envenenado' | Explanation:
Eduardo:
Se a tradução for para o Brasil, 'envenenar' é a gíria adequada como tradução de 'soup up'.
Veja o significado no Gurunet:
The verb soup up has one meaning:
Meaning #1: make more powerful, of cars and motorcycles
Synonyms: hop up, hot up
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Flavio Steffen
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Local time: 10:55
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11 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): -1
30 mins confidence: carro incrementado
Explanation:
Acredito que seria o mais idiomático atualmente no Brasil.
Outras traduções possíveis: "carro tunado", "carro turbinado" e "carro envenenado".
* Do Michaelis:
soup up - aumentar a força do motor por meio de compressor, envenenar (o motor do carro).
| Carlos Angelo
Brazil
Local time: 10:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 carro 'envenenado'
Explanation:
Eduardo:
Se a tradução for para o Brasil, 'envenenar' é a gíria adequada como tradução de 'soup up'.
Veja o significado no Gurunet:
The verb soup up has one meaning:
Meaning #1: make more powerful, of cars and motorcycles
Synonyms: hop up, hot up
| Flavio Steffen
Brazil
Local time: 10:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 196
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| | Grading comment | Obrigado a tod@s pelas sugestões e prestativas explicações. Bom trabalho! |
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