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psyched up

Portuguese translation: "preparada" ou "psicologicamente preparada"

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English term or phrase:psyched up
Portuguese translation:"preparada" ou "psicologicamente preparada"
Entered by: Joice Costa

01:34 Aug 23, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / Bandura's self-efficacy theory
English term or phrase: psyched up
" ... Bandura argues that arousal increases self-efficacy. Arousal leads to an energized state, which drives a person to complete a task. The person gets "psyched up" and performs better..."
Pedrina -
Local time: 23:09
"preparada" ou "psicologicamente preparada"
Explanation:
Do "Novo dicionário de expressões idiomáticas americanas" (Luiz Lugani Gomes):

psych up [gir] aprestar-se psicologicamente, ficar pronto, preparado (para uma competição, prova, momento difícil etc.). Ex: He psyched himself up for the important task ahead.
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Joice Costa
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Local time: 23:09
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4"preparada" ou "psicologicamente preparada"
Joice Costa
4 +1estimulada
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
5psicologicamente determinada, motivada ou decidida
Priscila Diniz
4mentalmente alerta
Leniel Maccaferri
4psicologicamente empolgada ou entusiasmada
Madalena TH (X)
4motivada
Alexandra Reimao
1 +2"animada" ou "mais disposta"
Mauro Moreira
1entusiasmada
Mauro Moreira
1"estimulada" is the best
Mauro Moreira


  

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"animada" ou "mais disposta"


Explanation:
Just guessing by the context.

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Note added at 13 mins (2009-08-23 01:48:38 GMT)
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Bandura the one author that proposed the theory of "Social Learning". He's a must-read in Phychology. It's a pitty that I never gave him enough of my time.

Mauro Moreira
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  rhandler
5 mins
agree  Adriana Maciel: disposta
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entusiasmada


Explanation:
guessing

Mauro Moreira
Brazil
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mentalmente alerta


Explanation:
ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION

psyched up
mentally alert, ready to do something.

e.g.: The team was psyched up for the game but they lost anyway.

Leniel Maccaferri
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"preparada" ou "psicologicamente preparada"


Explanation:
Do "Novo dicionário de expressões idiomáticas americanas" (Luiz Lugani Gomes):

psych up [gir] aprestar-se psicologicamente, ficar pronto, preparado (para uma competição, prova, momento difícil etc.). Ex: He psyched himself up for the important task ahead.

Joice Costa
Brazil
Local time: 23:09
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  reginakersten
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Regina.
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Isabel.
agree  Luiza Modesto: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/psych up
4 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Luiza.
agree  Marlene Curtis
6 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Marlene.
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estimulada


Explanation:
Diria assim...

Example sentence(s):
  • Verb 1. psych up - get excited or stimulated; "The children were all psyched up after the movie"

    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/psych+up
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 03:09
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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agree  Kadja Bless (X)
11 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Kadja!
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psicologicamente empolgada ou entusiasmada


Explanation:
sugestão

Madalena TH (X)
Portugal
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psicologicamente determinada, motivada ou decidida


Explanation:
The person gets "psyched up" - The person has the mental drive - a pessoa está psicologicamente determinada, motivada ou decidida (a alcançar seu objetivo)

Priscila Diniz
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:09
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"estimulada" is the best


Explanation:
It's the best one because Bandura falls into a group of authors called "the behaviorists". According to this line of thought the so called "organism" interacts with it's environment through the "stimulus" that reaches the processing unit [here I'm talking about the brain] and emits a physiological adapted response to other organs in the body.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorists
Mauro Moreira
Brazil
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motivada


Explanation:
sugestão

Alexandra Reimao
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