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English translation: the life and soul of the party

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Portuguese term or phrase:	ser o rei da festa
English translation:	the life and soul of the party
Entered by:	Maria Castro

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12:41 Jan 29, 2012

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Portuguese term or phrase: ser o rei da festa

What's the equivalent to *ser o rei da festa* as in

Na Consoada o bacalhau é o rei da festa

I thought of *to be in the spotlight* but other suggestions are most welcome. AmE, please.

Many thanks
Maria

Maria Castro KudoZ activity Questions: 19 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 182 Portugal
Local time: 07:18

the life and soul of the party

Explanation:
to be the life and soul of the party

Selected response from:

Emiliano Pantoja
Local time: 08:18

Grading comment

Thank you Emiliano. Thank you all for your suggestions!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

to be the highlight of the party

Eliana Stabile

4 +1

the life and soul of the party

Emiliano Pantoja

4 +1

be the king of the feast

Spiridon

Is the dish of the evening

suesimons

3 +1

to be the 'pièce de résistance' of the evening/feast/dinner

Rachel Fell

3 +1

signature dish

kashew

to be the center of the attention

Pedro Treuherz

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

13 mins confidence:

to be the center of the attention

Explanation:
"The king of the party" when all attention is for you.
In this case, where Bacalhau is a kind of fish, it means that Bacalhau is the food everyone wants to eat or talk about.

Pedro Treuherz
Local time: 03:18
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

to be the highlight of the party

Explanation:
Ser a atração principal da festa

Example sentence(s):

Anyway, the big surprise turned out to be that the highlight of the party was the \

Reference: http://tennisfixation.blogspot.com/2011/12/tennis-party-2011...

Eliana Stabile
Brazil
Local time: 03:18
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

be the king of the feast

Explanation:
É a tradução mais apropriada

Spiridon
Brazil
Local time: 03:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

34 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

signature dish

Explanation:
Or, piece de resistance (Yes, using the French expression!)

kashew
France
Local time: 08:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

the life and soul of the party

Explanation:
to be the life and soul of the party

Emiliano Pantoja
Local time: 08:18
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you Emiliano. Thank you all for your suggestions!

2 hrs confidence:

Is the dish of the evening

Explanation:
As the context refers to the meal, not a person, this is my suggestion.

suesimons
Local time: 07:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to be the 'pièce de résistance' of the evening/feast/dinner

Explanation:
Grape-Fed Wild Boar to Be Piece de Resistance at Newport Dinner
NEWS BITES / Beverly Bush Smith
September 29, 1989|Beverly Bush Smith

You've heard of grain-fed beef and milk-fed veal. Now you can try grape-fed wild boar. It's the piece de resistance of Showley Wrightson's second annual Guenoc Winemaker's dinner Sunday in Newport Beach. The boar, from the Guenoc Winery estate, literally feeds on the grapes in the vineyards.

http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-29/entertainment/ca-371_...

ven with the heady number of dishes, our meal at Next seemed to fly by. There was sole, flown in from Cape Cod, and a sublime lamb dish, created three ways, with loin, sweetbread, and tongue. The pièce de résistance, however, was recipe number 1476 from Escoffier’s “Le Guide Culinaire’’: caneton rouennais à la presse, or sliced duck doused in a sauce created by using an antique duck press.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-11-13/travel/30394823_1_anti...

Rachel Fell
Local time: 07:18
Native speaker of:

English

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