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prime the pump

Portuguese translation: fazer as coisas funcionarem

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English term or phrase:prime the pump
Portuguese translation:fazer as coisas funcionarem
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

19:08 Feb 18, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / past life, spiritualism
English term or phrase: prime the pump
In addition, having the proxy sitter be completely blind to knowledge about the sitter or the deceased person might also not be optimal. Some minimal knowledge might help “prime the pump.” James (1890), for example, noted that “it often happens, if you give this trance personage a name or some small fact for the lack of
which he is brought to a standstill, that he will then start off with a copious flow of additional talk, containing in itself an abundance of ‘tests’”.
Nicole L. R.
Ireland
Local time: 22:16
fazer as coisas funcionarem
Explanation:
prime the pump (mainly American)
to do something in order to make something succeed, especially to spend money European governments and banks are priming the pump world-wide looking for alternative energy.
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 23:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3fazer as coisas funcionarem
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
3 +2esquentar os motores
Humberto Ribas
4 +1dar um empurrãozinho inicial /dar a partida
Marlene Curtis
4soltar o fluxo de informações
Martin Riordan


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
esquentar os motores


Explanation:
sugestão bem leve

Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 18:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Flavio Steffen: Como disse, num contexto menos formal.
47 mins
  -> obrigado
agree  Lais Leite
18 hrs
  -> obrigado
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fazer as coisas funcionarem


Explanation:
prime the pump (mainly American)
to do something in order to make something succeed, especially to spend money European governments and banks are priming the pump world-wide looking for alternative energy.

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 136
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Flavio Steffen: Num contexto mais formal, é esta.
47 mins
  -> Obrigado!
agree  imatahan
1 hr
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Clauwolf: é domingo
1 hr
  -> Obrigado! Se a canoa não virar...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dar um empurrãozinho inicial /dar a partida


Explanation:


Diria assim.

DF] WATER PUMP Model Series WP2 40, WP2 50, WP2 55, WP2 60, WP3 65 ... - [ Translate this page ]
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
ALWAYS prime pump before starting the engine. Never run pump with out priming. ... dar partida no motor. Nunca use a bomba sem escorvamento. ...
www.ferrelago.com/wwwferrelago/admin/products/.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-18 21:02:43 GMT)
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Some minimal knowledge might help “prime the pump.

Algum conhecimento mínimo poderá ajudar a dar aquele empurrãozinho inicial/poderá ajudar a dar a partida.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 199

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Quandt: creio que é mais por aí mesmo: dar a partida, dar um estímulo/impulso inicial.
1 hr
  -> Grata!
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
soltar o fluxo de informações


Explanation:
"...he will then start off with a copious flow of additional talk."

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 18:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
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