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Spanish: "poner a mover hasta los huesos"

English translation: get the joint jumping



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Spanish term or phrase:"poner a mover hasta los huesos"
English translation:get the joint jumping
Entered by:Lisa Dahlander
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Spanish term or phrase: "poner a mover hasta los huesos"
"Es absolutamente responsable (aunque tiene carita de ángel) de poner a mover “hasta los huesos” en sus “Noches Calientes” los viernes en Santanera"

This is from a text about a dj and Santanera is a bar/disco
Lisa Dahlander
Sweden
Clarification request(s) and response
Juan Jacob: 10:28pm Feb 10, 2005: "...de poner a mover..." y lo demás está horriblemente escrito, con perdón. Deberías comentarle algo a tu cliente, con todo respeto. -

get the joint jumping
Explanation:
... Cecilio Rodriguez has never been better! With a hot little band that will definitely
get the joint jumping! If you love C & K – you will love Cee solo! ...
www.cordinternational.com/cecilio.htm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 31 mins (2005-02-10 22:08:45 GMT)
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Impress the Crowd with these DJ Techniques - InternetDJ.com
... be amazed at the things that a very basic, barebones American DJ deck can ... A creative
playlist can shake up a crowd and get the joint jumping as well as any FX ...
www.internetdj.com/article.php?storyid=518 - 33k - Cached - Similar pages

Lexington Steele\'s official website Lex in the city
... know them a liitle better. I have a whole crew on set to get the joint
jumping : DJ, strippers, rappers... You can even call on ...
www.lexsteele.com/inthecity.php - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

JR.com: STANTON MAGNETICS RM80 19\" RACK MOUNT AUDIO DJ MIXER in ...
... Mountable / 9 Line, 4 Phono, 3 Mic Inputs Using the Stanton RM80 Audio DJ Mixer
you can hook-up the band, throw-on the discs and get the joint jumping with joy ...
www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=1748867 - 65k - Cached - Similar pages
Selected response from:

Susana Galilea
United States
Note from asker to answerer
Gracias, Susana!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4get the joint jumping
Susana Galilea
4 +1to make everybody go crazy on the dancefloor
Cecilia Della Croce
4 +1to boogie/to cut the rug/to get down/to party/to shake the squeletonteju
3 +1see comment
agoreux
3wake the deadaffnova


  

Answers

3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to make everybody go crazy on the dancefloor

Explanation:
to shake it

Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree maca12: Suena excelente, eso es ser una exclente traductora. De un mala redacción un texto de habla culta. Felicitaciones.
3 hrs
  -> qué piropo! Muchas gracias, Maca
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to boogie/to cut the rug/to get down/to party/to shake the squeleton

Explanation:
Opciones

teju
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 26

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Silvina Jover-Cirillo: Totalmente de acuerdo! Creo que son las mejores opciones propuestas hasta ahora. :) "To boogie" es muy de los '70!!! Parece que la moda viene de nuevo...
10 hrs
  -> Muy amable Silvina
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
wake the dead

Explanation:
closest idiom i can think of.

affnova
United States
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
get the joint jumping

Explanation:
... Cecilio Rodriguez has never been better! With a hot little band that will definitely
get the joint jumping! If you love C & K – you will love Cee solo! ...
www.cordinternational.com/cecilio.htm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 31 mins (2005-02-10 22:08:45 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Impress the Crowd with these DJ Techniques - InternetDJ.com
... be amazed at the things that a very basic, barebones American DJ deck can ... A creative
playlist can shake up a crowd and get the joint jumping as well as any FX ...
www.internetdj.com/article.php?storyid=518 - 33k - Cached - Similar pages

Lexington Steele\'s official website Lex in the city
... know them a liitle better. I have a whole crew on set to get the joint
jumping : DJ, strippers, rappers... You can even call on ...
www.lexsteele.com/inthecity.php - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

JR.com: STANTON MAGNETICS RM80 19\" RACK MOUNT AUDIO DJ MIXER in ...
... Mountable / 9 Line, 4 Phono, 3 Mic Inputs Using the Stanton RM80 Audio DJ Mixer
you can hook-up the band, throw-on the discs and get the joint jumping with joy ...
www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=1748867 - 65k - Cached - Similar pages


Susana Galilea
United States
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
Note from asker to answerer
Gracias, Susana!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Cecilia Della Croce
5 hrs

agree JaneTranslates: that's the idea.
6 hrs

agree Cindy Chadd: :-)
9 hrs

agree Beta Cummins
21 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
poner a mover hasta los huesos see comment

Explanation:
Está horrible en castellano, suena a calco. Lo que usamos aquí es "sacudir el esqueleto" y creo que sería "shake the very bones".

agoreux
Chile
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree donatello
13 hrs
  -> Gracias Ana
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