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Métele caña a la mañana!

English translation: Kick-start your day!

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Spanish term or phrase:	Métele caña a la mañana!
English translation:	Kick-start your day!
Entered by:	Kathleen Misson

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19:14 Sep 7, 2011

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Spanish term or phrase: Métele caña a la mañana!

Appears on a corporate intranet...
Se lanza el IT Center y allí estábamos para comunicarlo, con una campaña ‘teaser’ para captar la atención de todos nuestros empleados, a nivel mundial! Bienvenidos a IT Center. Métele caña a la mañana!
Thank you in advance.

Kathleen Misson KudoZ activity Questions: 252 (none open) (3 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 19
Local time: 04:32

Kick-start your day!

Explanation:

I think I would naturally say 'day' over 'morning' here in English. I feel it's an appropriate rendering for the context too (as in, 'kick start' - kick football).

Another way of putting it would be "Get your day off to a kick start!"

Selected response from:

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 04:32

Grading comment

Thank you all so much for your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +12

Kick-start your day!

James A. Walsh

4 +2

Hit that morning! / Hit the morning running

Noni Gilbert

Start the day with a smile!

Edward Tully

3 +1

Get the morning going!

Ian Harrison

get off to a good start every morning / day

Jenni Lukac

do it with gusto!/ puit some weight into it!/ start with a s

Lourdes Sanchez

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

6 mins confidence:

do it with gusto!/ puit some weight into it!/ start with a s

Explanation:
es el equivalente del echale ganas mexicano. Se me ocurren otras ideas pero existe limite de espacio. Aqui la cosa es hacerlo que se escuche como un tag line

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Note added at 7 minutos (2011-09-07 19:21:35 GMT)
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should say put some weight into it! not puit

Lourdes Sanchez
Local time: 22:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Get the morning going!

Explanation:
darle o meterle caña a algo -> to get a move on with something

Reference: http://www.spanishdict.com/

Ian Harrison
Local time: 23:32
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Hit that morning! / Hit the morning running

Explanation:
A couple more options.

Noni Gilbert
Local time: 04:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

1 hr confidence:

get off to a good start every morning / day

Explanation:
Another possibility. Examples: www.teachpreschool.org/.../helping-young-children-get-off..... - En caché4 Aug 2011 – 8 Deborah J. Stewart, M.Ed. August 4, 2011 at 8:33 pm. Absolutely – drop off is a very critical time for getting off to a good start everyday!! Reply ...; salesimprovementzone.com/blog - En cachéYour main job with an Expresser is to make them look good and help them be successful. Supporters are also .... Get off to a good start every morning. Positive ...;

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 04:32
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 35