if that’s what floats someone’s boat

Portuguese translation: se é isso que (realmente) dá tesão no fulano; se é o que excita essa pessoa

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English term or phrase:	if that’s what floats someone’s boat
Portuguese translation:	se é isso que (realmente) dá tesão no fulano; se é o que excita essa pessoa
Entered by:	Oliver Simões

11:49 Feb 4, 2018

English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: if that’s what floats someone’s boat

“I can handle the stripping and the lap dances, but the BDSM stuff like flogging and tying people up? I mean, if that’s what floats someone’s boat, whatever, but you know me—I’d probably screw it up by laughing at the worst possible moment.”

Is there an idiomatic expression in PT-Br?

float someone's boat: make him/her happy; stimulate him/her (English Stack Exchange website)

Oliver Simões KudoZ activity Questions: 1104 (2 open) (3 without valid answers) (227 closed without grading) Answers: 3434 United States
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se é isso que (realmente) dá tesão pra alguém

Explanation:
Sugestão para Pt-Br

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Danik 2014
Brazil

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Obrigado, Danik e demais colegas.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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se é o que excita essa pessoa

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

se é isso que (realmente) dá tesão pra alguém

Danik 2014

Se isso satisfaz alguém

Debora Escudeiro

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peer agreement (net): +3

se é o que excita essa pessoa

Explanation:
Seria a minha sugestão em PT(pt)...

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float someone's boat
expressão de float

1.
informal
appeal to or excite someone, especially sexually.

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https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/float_someone's...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 14:26
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 262

2 hrs confidence:

se é isso que (realmente) dá tesão pra alguém

Explanation:
Sugestão para Pt-Br

Danik 2014
Brazil
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 127

Grading comment

Obrigado, Danik e demais colegas.

3 hrs confidence:

Se isso satisfaz alguém

Explanation:
Outra sugestão pra pt-br.

Ou ainda, menos reduzido, "se isso é o que satisfaz algumas pessoas".

Debora Escudeiro
Brazil
Local time: 10:26
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

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