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armar um barraco

English translation: make a scene


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Portuguese term or phrase:armar um barraco
English translation:make a scene
Entered by: Helen Carter
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13:59 Nov 19, 2010
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Portuguese term or phrase: armar um barraco
A namorada armou um barraco quando viu seu namorado conversando com outra garota.
tileeba
made a scene
Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Helen Carter
Local time: 07:17
Grading comment
Seems light the best option. Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +11made a sceneHelen Carter
4 +2to raise Cain/hellsilvia367325
4 +1make a fussWalter Moura
4went ape shit
Nick Taylor
4hit the roof
Katarina Peters
4Throw a tantrum
Ivan Rocha
4start a big fight
Marlene Curtis
3make a big ruckus
Sheila Gomes
4 -2to set up a tentConstantinos Faridis


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +11
made a scene


Explanation:
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Helen Carter
Local time: 07:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Seems light the best option. Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
13 mins
  -> tks.
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
22 mins
  -> tks.
agree  Gilla Evans
29 mins
  -> thank you.
agree  Claudio Mazotti
35 mins
  -> thank you.
agree  Verginia Ophof
1 hr
  -> thank you.
agree  Adriana Maciel
2 hrs
  -> thank you Adriana
agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos
2 hrs
  -> thank you Flavia
agree  jairo payan
4 hrs
  -> tks.
agree  Aline Kubiak
6 hrs
  -> thank you.
agree  coolbrowne
7 hrs
  -> thanks.
agree  solange trad
1 day4 hrs
  -> obrigada.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
start a big fight


Explanation:
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ris arma o maior barraco, e agride moral e verbalmente a Fani e todo o G5. Parte 2. Comments on " ris arma o maior barraco, e agride (VERBALMENTE) a Fani e ...
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 46
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
to set up a tent


Explanation:
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Catfight: Amara and Débora armam um barraco.

Armar um barraco means “to set up a tent” — Bernardo runs a beach barraco, a common small business on Brazilian beaches, where chairs and umbrellas are rented and snacks and drinks doled out — but it is also a common euphemism for causing a man to have an erection.

An erection of his penis, that is, in case you were not familiar with the technical terminology there.

There is a beer commercial out there that uses this joke as well: Some lads are out camping and some cute girls come along and say they need help to armar o barraco. Comic pause, double-take and nervous gulp. “Armar o barraco, you say?”

Constantinos Faridis
Greece
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: Greek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Gilmar Fernandes: you have the literal meaning there, which is not the case here
21 mins
disagree  silvia367325: embora o sentido literal seja esse, já se perdeu ao longo do tempo e hoje significa apenas criar confusão
36 mins
neutral  Gilla Evans: it's what I always do when I'm jealous!
1 hr
disagree  Adriana Maciel: It's not literal...
2 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
make a fuss


Explanation:
Source: American Heritage Dictionary

fuss (f¾s) n. 1. Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion: There was a lot of fuss on moving day. 2.a. A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter: made a big fuss over one low test grade. b. An objection; a protest: The longer working hours caused a big fuss. 3. A quarrel. 4. A display of affectionate excitement and attention: Everyone made a fuss over the new baby. --fuss v. fussed, fuss·ing, fuss·es. --intr. 1. To trouble or worry over trifles. 2. To be excessively careful or solicitous: fussed over their children. 3. To get into or be in a state of nervous or useless activity: fussed with the collar of his coat.

Walter Moura
Brazil
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Carter
11 mins
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to raise Cain/hell


Explanation:
in Whatchamacallit? Novo Dicionário português-inglês de idiomatismos e coloquialismos

silvia367325
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulo Horsky
17 mins
  -> Obrigada, Paulo!
agree  Amy Duncan
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Amy!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Throw a tantrum


Explanation:
Outra opção.

Ivan Rocha
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
make a big ruckus


Explanation:
maybe?

Sheila Gomes
Brazil
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hit the roof


Explanation:
slang, of course.

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
went ape shit


Explanation:
went ape shit

Nick Taylor
Local time: 07:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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