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sexed up

Portuguese translation: apimentada

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:sexed up
Portuguese translation:apimentada
Entered by: Norbert Hermann

20:46 Jan 16, 2004
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: sexed up
Caros colegas,

Contexto: The story was **sexed up** (spiced up)

Procuro uma solução adequada.

Obrigado por qualquer ajuda.

Norbert
Norbert Hermann
Local time: 12:34
apimentada
Explanation:
:-)
Selected response from:

Cristina Pereira
Local time: 12:34
Grading comment
Perfeito! Muito obrigado.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +12apimentada
Cristina Pereira
5 +3apimentada
ggoossens
5 +2A história foi exagerada
vanswift (X)
5 +2exacerbada
Ricardo Fonseca
5 +1picante
Clauwolf
5foram feitos retoques adicionando sexualidade à história
Lúcia Lopes
5empolada
Deolindo


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +12
apimentada


Explanation:
:-)

Cristina Pereira
Local time: 12:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 1691
Grading comment
Perfeito! Muito obrigado.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
17 mins
agree  Carla Araújo
55 mins
agree  Erika McGovern: perfeito!
2 hrs
agree  BrazBiz: Sem dúvida
2 hrs
agree  Paulo Celestino Guimaraes
2 hrs
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): certo
3 hrs
agree  PB Trans
5 hrs
agree  Sormane Gomes: Beautiful!
5 hrs
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: very good
20 hrs
  -> Obrigada a todos!
agree  Lúcia Lopes
1 day 10 mins
  -> Obrigada Maria
agree  Marcelo Fogaccia
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Obrigada Marcelo
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Obrigada KlausinSP
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
apimentada


Explanation:
No contexto, acredito que o termo poderia ser usado sem causar maiores embaraços.

ggoossens
Local time: 08:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
17 mins
agree  Paulo Celestino Guimaraes
2 hrs
agree  Lúcia Lopes
1 day 9 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
A história foi exagerada


Explanation:
é a frase mais plausível apesar de não ter o mesmo nível de 'pimenta' da versão em inglês

vanswift (X)
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  António Ribeiro
1 hr
  -> obrigado
agree  R. James
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
exacerbada


Explanation:
palavra que tanto significa exagero como se pode referir ao sexo, erotismo, luxúria, da mesma forma que o contexto não é muito claro, ou por outrém, é plurisignificativo, nada melhor do que um termo equivalente no contexto.

Ricardo Fonseca
Portugal
Local time: 12:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 500

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  António Ribeiro
1 hr
  -> obrigado
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
3 hrs
  -> obrigado
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
picante


Explanation:
No Aurélio:

Picante = 3. Fig. Malicioso e/ou mordaz; salgado: 2 2

Clauwolf
Local time: 08:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 15958

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo Fogaccia
1 day 3 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
foram feitos retoques adicionando sexualidade à história


Explanation:
OU: a história ganhou atrativos sensuais, tornou-se mais atrativa pela inclusão de tons sexuais a ela.

Hope that helps! :-)

Lúcia Lopes
Brazil
Local time: 08:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 784
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
empolada


Explanation:
No contexto da estória do Dr. Kelly na BBC, é assim que eu traduziria a ideia.

Deolindo
Angola
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 164
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