"até me passei"

English translation: I was stoked/ I really ripped/I really pulled it apart

20:23 Nov 20, 2010

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Portuguese term or phrase: "até me passei"

"até me passei"

This is said by a surfer describing a great wave in "surfer lingo"

KatherineBranne KudoZ activity Questions: 106 (1 open) Answers: 0 Italy
Local time: 16:59

English translation:I was stoked/ I really ripped/I really pulled it apart

Explanation:
I went straight to the horse's mouth on this one, and asked my surfer partner. These are a couple of phrases he came up with. This is very much surfer slang.

But he added the proviso that, in his view, surfers don't brag. They talk about being pleased with the ride, as in "I was really stoked" but they don't tend to say how good they are.

Selected response from:

Evans (X)
Local time: 15:59

Grading comment

Thanks so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

""I was stunned" !

Verginia Ophof

4 +2

I was stoked/ I really ripped/I really pulled it apart

Evans (X)

3 +1

I excelled myself

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

"I flipped"

Pedro Barros

I (totally) lost it

Pedro Barros

I bested myself

jack_speak

totally outdid myself

T o b i a s

I was chuffed

Pedro Barros

Discussion entries: 12

airmailrpl

Brazil

not intended as an attack

01:42 Nov 23, 2010

Actually, it was not intended as an attack on you - but rather to show that what we find in searches is not always reliable - sorry if it seemed as if I was attacking you - the intent was to show that even misspelled words can find many results on a google search. In this case 5,720 made the same typo.

jack_speak

airmail, that crosses the line.

00:40 Nov 23, 2010

Your comment consistutes a personal attack. All over a stupid typo.

airmailrpl

Brazil

"definately "

13:35 Nov 22, 2010

But then again on the Google books page - "definately " - the way jack spells it - comes up with
About 5,720 results

airmailrpl

Brazil

Just a little gasoline on the fire:

13:30 Nov 22, 2010

I really don't have an opinion either way - I don't have a horse in this race.

"I excelled myself"
About 9,670 results

"excelled him"
About 63,300 results

"I excelled him"
About 348 results

"he excelled him"
About 19,500 results

jack_speak

08:54 Nov 21, 2010

Luciano's answer is justified by the dictionary but it is not understood by most people. Katherine is asking for surfer slang, not dictionary language. But I respect your comments.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

Brazil

08:49 Nov 21, 2010

And I wouldn't call 13,800 hits on Google Books http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&tbo=1&q="excelled him... rare and unusual. And I'm not even counting the possibilities with other reflexive pronouns and tenses.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

Brazil

08:47 Nov 21, 2010

OK, but you could take back what you said.

jack_speak

excel

08:47 Nov 21, 2010

Understood, Luciano, but that form of usage is rare and unusual. It is DEFINATELY not surfer slang lingo.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

Brazil

08:22 Nov 21, 2010

You cannot "excel" another person. You can "outperform" someone. So Luciano's suggestion is nice but grammatically incorrect. - http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/e...

jack_speak

Confusion

06:15 Nov 21, 2010

Sorry for any confusion: surpass = outperform.

jack_speak

Excel

06:10 Nov 21, 2010

You cannot "excel" another person. You can "outperform" someone. So Luciano's suggestion is nice but grammatically incorrect. The difference is that "excel" is an intransitive verb and "outperform" is a transitive verb, meaning "excel" cannot be followed by a grammatical object.

Examples:
In athletics I excel.
In athletics I surpass the other people.

In mathematics I excel.
In mathematics I surpass the other people.

"Excel" is intransitive. "Surpass" is transitive. "Best" is also transitive in the new slang/lingo, hence "I bested you" = I beat your record."

jack_speak

Excelled?? I don't think so.

05:41 Nov 21, 2010

In surfer lingo, they wouldn't say excelled. The question here is not how to translate the expression. The question is what does the Brazilian expression mean? Does "até me passei" mean "I bested myself?" or does it mean what Verginia suggests: "I was blown away-I couldn't believe it!"

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

I excelled myself

Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 80

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

""I was stunned" !

Explanation:
I was Flabbergasted !
Nearly had a heart attack !
I was beside myself !
Maybe surfer lingo is different, but in normal slang this is what it means.

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Fiquei surpreendido, fiquei maluco ou berrei de volta

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 08:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 87

9 hrs confidence:

até me passei I bested myself

Explanation:
This is slang terminology that is heard frequently.

http://www.google.com/search?q="bested myself"&rls=com.micro...

I bested myself = I surpassed my previous best performance.

jack_speak
Local time: 10:59
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

13 hrs confidence:

até me passei totally outdid myself

Explanation:
Or with respect to the wave "I totally nailed that ave".

Surfer 1: Did you nail any narley waves today?
Surfer 2: Yeah! I totally nailed this ten-footer! It was awesome.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2010-11-21 10:01:26 GMT)
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wave not ave

Example sentence(s):

Surfer 1: Did you nail any narley waves today? Surfer 2: Yeah! I totally nailed this ten-footer! It was awesome.

Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sweetnessesne...

T o b i a s
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

15 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

I was stoked/ I really ripped/I really pulled it apart

Evans (X)
Local time: 15:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

Grading comment

Thanks so much!

512 days confidence:

"I flipped"

Explanation:
6. Slang
a. To go crazy. Often used with out.
b. To react strongly and especially enthusiastically: She flipped over the new car.

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Note added at 512 days (2012-04-16 19:14:30 GMT) Post-grading
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I understand the verb "passar-se" in this context in Portuguese from Portugal as a idiomatic verb that means that he was surprised (or using one of favourite words in the english language: flabbergasted hehe) by the wave being so big... I use it all the time in my native language when I am either positively or negatively surprised by something.

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Note added at 512 days (2012-04-16 19:19:47 GMT) Post-grading
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You can add "totally" and make it sound more like a surfer dude... maybe ;) "I totally flipped, dude!!"

Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flipped

Pedro Barros
Portugal
Local time: 15:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

512 days confidence:

I (totally) lost it

Explanation:
Idioms:
lose it Slang
1. To lose control; blow up.
2. To become deranged or mentally disturbed.
3. To become less capable or proficient; decline.

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Note added at 512 days (2012-04-16 19:22:05 GMT) Post-grading
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I lost it in this definition seems to make it rather negative... but I think you can "lose it" when you are positively impressed or excited about something... what do you guys think? :)

Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lose+it

Pedro Barros
Portugal
Local time: 15:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

512 days confidence:

I was chuffed

Explanation:
Definition of CHUFFED
British
: quite pleased : delighted
See chuffed defined for English-language learners »
Examples of CHUFFED

I was feeling rather chuffed with myself, having competed in a cricket tournament with some of England's best.>

Origin of CHUFFED
English dialect chuff pleased, puffed with fat
First Known Use: 1957

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I am not sure about this one, firstly because I think it's exclusively from BrE, but I am not absolutely sure... I am also not sure about this being the approproate verb for the context as I don't know if the surfer would be talking about himself, boasting of his skills concerning that big wave :) Anyway this could be another option... or not ;)

Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chuffed

Pedro Barros
Portugal
Local time: 15:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

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