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English translation: spirited engine


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Portuguese term or phrase:motor nervoso
English translation:spirited engine
Entered by: Cintia Galbo
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13:44 Nov 25, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing / Market Research / motocicletas
Portuguese term or phrase: motor nervoso
As faixas sobre o tanque lembram o motor nervoso...
Cintia Galbo
spirited engine
Explanation:
... Matching the delivery of power from the spirited engine is a highly ...
www.topspeed.com › ... › Motorcycle Reviews › Kawasaki

sug.
there are many possibilities

The 1.5 Smart Edition is based on the first generation Axela 15C model grade which features Mazda's spirited 1.5-liter engine. The special edition model ...
www.pressportal.com.au/news/150/

Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spirited
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Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 09:12
Grading comment
Muito obrigada!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1souped up engine/motor
Marlene Curtis
4an engine, biting at the bit
Douglas Bissell
4powerful engineAirton J Souza
4cranky engine
Gilmar Fernandes
4spirited engine
Carlos Quandt
3sport tuned engine
T o b i a s


Discussion entries: 1





  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cranky engine


Explanation:
cranky
■ adjective (crankier, crankiest) informal
Brit. eccentric or strange.
chiefly N. Amer. ill-tempered; irritable.
(of a machine) working erratically.


Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 07:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Douglas Bissell: When I hear thre word "cranky" I think of a grumpy old man! A bit like me, I suppose. :-)
1 hr
  -> LOL.....we're all getting there :) ......seriously now, this is an American term which may not work across the Atlantic....Google it and you'll see thousands of examples. HAPPY THANKSGIVING or for you in PT happy strike day!!
neutral  T o b i a s : Usually pejorative, although there is a sense where 'cranky' is used positively.
1 day1 hr
  -> Pejorative if you say my f**%g bike's cranky engine is giving me a headache, I suppose. What about my "cranked up engine" ? Anyway, the PT source "motor nervoso" is ambiguous. Only by reading the full text you could determine what it's meant there.
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
spirited engine


Explanation:
... Matching the delivery of power from the spirited engine is a highly ...
www.topspeed.com › ... › Motorcycle Reviews › Kawasaki

sug.
there are many possibilities

The 1.5 Smart Edition is based on the first generation Axela 15C model grade which features Mazda's spirited 1.5-liter engine. The special edition model ...
www.pressportal.com.au/news/150/

Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spirited

Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 09:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Muito obrigada!
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
powerful engine


Explanation:
Sug.:

Airton J Souza
Brazil
Local time: 08:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
souped up engine/motor


Explanation:
Creio que motor nervoso é o motor envenenado, que, em inglês, é " souped up".

Souped Up Motor [Archive] - HeliFreak
3 posts - 3 authors - Last post: Jan 27
So I changed the main motor and I'll bee darn its like a new Heli. Lots of punch and power. Greased her up and put some heatsink compound on ...
www.helifreak.com/archive/index.php/t-187992.htm

Como envenenar meu Fusquinha ?
bom dia doido, eu também gosto de carros nervosos, vc pode por cambio do SP2 ou TL, pôs o mesmo é alongada, ve se compra o motor do SP2 ou TL por que ñ é 1600, é 1700. use só o bloco tire o filtro de óleo pôs é baixo, use o seu que é auto e troque as borrachas de vedação pôs se encontra no jogo de junta por que vc vai usar. Adimição por para um carburador, troque também o gigre para que ele ñ falte combustivel na arrancada. Retire o volante do motor ou grémalheira, leva ate uma retifica e peça para retirar 500g.pôs assim da mais rotação no motor. e cuidado com parte de freio, pôs o fusca costuma a furar o cano central embaixo da pedalheira. Sempre novo! Ok
http://br.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2010092516345...

Opções para "envenenar" o seu carro - MOTOR ON LINE - [ Translate this page ]
Outra forma de se "envenenar" um veículo é a instalação de turbo. Esse sistema se baseia num eixo com dois rotores. Um deles (a turbina, ou parte quente) é ...
www.motoronline.com.br/fichatec/veneno.htm



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http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=souped up engine&...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 104

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
10 mins
  -> Grata!
neutral  Douglas Bissell: Don't forget that internal combustion takes place in Engines, not Motors
1 hr
  -> souped up engines, as per my example above.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
an engine, biting at the bit


Explanation:
A tad more idiomatic, like a horse chewing on the bit before a race, waiting to be set free

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 12:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marlene Curtis: I don't think it's the case here...
3 mins
  -> Yeah, but you just never know with "nervous" engines, do you? :-)
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1 day1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sport tuned engine


Explanation:
This is a stock motorcycle, right?

T o b i a s
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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