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crescendo de maneira vertiginosa

English translation: which has sky-rocketed

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Portuguese term or phrase:	crescendo de maneira vertiginosa
English translation:	which has sky-rocketed
Entered by:	Nick Taylor

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02:33 Jan 13, 2011

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Tourism & Travel / consultoria de marketing

Portuguese term or phrase: crescendo de maneira vertiginosa

O Twitter é um fenômeno crescendo de maneira vertiginosa

Lattuca KudoZ activity Questions: 419 (5 open) (1 without valid answers) (13 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 21:54

which has sky-rocketed

Explanation:
which has sky-rocketed

Selected response from:

Nick Taylor
Local time: 01:54

Grading comment

thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

which has sky-rocketed

Nick Taylor

growing at warp speed

Prof. Tony Gee

[Twitter is a phenomenon that is...] growing dramatically;or ... whose growth is staggering

Carmen Schultz

growing at a phenomenal rate

Catarina Aleixo

growing at an accelerated rate

Katarina Peters

growing / expanding at a mind-boggling pace

Hugo

growing at a very fast pace

Gilmar Fernandes

Answers

5 mins confidence:

growing at a very fast pace

Explanation:
one of way of saying this :)

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 20:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English
PRO pts in category: 24

5 mins confidence:

growing at an accelerated rate

Explanation:
my first thought

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 20:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hungarian,

English

15 mins confidence:

growing / expanding at a mind-boggling pace

Explanation:
at a furious pace

Hugo
Local time: 19:54
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

French

4 hrs confidence:

growing at a phenomenal rate

Explanation:
I would go for this as then you wouldn't need to translate that pesky "fenómeno" as phenomenal covers both this and "maneira vertginosa" - just a suggestion.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-01-13 06:56:38 GMT)
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"Twitter usage is growing at a phenomenal rate" or "The use of Twitter is growing/increasing at a phenomenal rate"

Catarina Aleixo
Local time: 01:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

which has sky-rocketed

Explanation:
which has sky-rocketed

Nick Taylor
Local time: 01:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 36

Grading comment

thanks!

5 hrs confidence:

[Twitter is a phenomenon that is...] growing dramatically;or ... whose growth is staggering

Explanation:
Twitter is a phenomenon that is growing dramatically

or

Twitter is a phenomenon whose growth is staggering;

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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-01-13 08:27:34 GMT)
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xxx that is growing astronomically....

Carmen Schultz
Local time: 19:54
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

14 hrs confidence:

growing at warp speed

Explanation:
growing/developing really fast

Prof. Tony Gee
Local time: 01:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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Non-PRO (1): Gilla Evans

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