vamp up

Portuguese translation: torne sua noite/festa de Halloween mais amedrontadora

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English term or phrase:vamp up
Portuguese translation:torne sua noite/festa de Halloween mais amedrontadora
Entered by: Ivanete Martins Mastroberardino

16:32 Oct 26, 2012
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Folklore
English term or phrase: vamp up
Aparece em um teaser:

"Vamp up your All Hallow’s Eve with these scary good tunes."

Obrigada pela ajuda!
Ivanete Martins Mastroberardino
Local time: 14:17
torne sua noite/festa de Halloween mais amedrontadora
Explanation:
Trata-se da véspera de Halloween, quando todos se fantasiam de monstros, bruxas, vampiros etc... Quanto mais amedrontador, melhor.

Hallow = abreviação de Halloween.

vamp= alusáo a vampiros.


Halloween - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HalloweenHalloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of its original title "All Hallows' Evening"), also known as All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the w

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Hallow's Eve - American Catholic.org
www.americancatholic.org/features/default.aspx?id=23Read a Catholic Christian history of Halloween (All Hallows Eve), learn the legend of the jack o'lantern and discover what Catholics believe about witches,

http://www.americancatholic.org/features/default.aspx?id=23.

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Torne a sua festa de Halloween mais amedrontadora com estas ótimas músicas de terror.

Diria assim...
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 13:17
Grading comment
Obrigada, Marlene!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1torne sua noite/festa de Halloween mais amedrontadora
Marlene Curtis
4dê um toque a mais
Fernando Schramm
4aumente a sensualidade
Milene Estevam
4renove, incremente
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dê um toque a mais


Explanation:
Minha humilde sugestão.


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vamp+up
Fernando Schramm
Brazil
Local time: 14:17
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
aumente a sensualidade


Explanation:
vamp it up
* to increase the sexiness.

vamp
v. remendar; improvisar (Música); seduzir e manipular

"Vamp up your All Hallow’s Eve with these scary good tunes."
"Aumente a sensualidade da sua véspera de Dia das Bruxas com essas boas músicas assustadoras."



Milene Estevam
Brazil
Local time: 14:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
renove, incremente


Explanation:
vamp up:
2. piece (something old) with a new part;
- Example: "vamp up an old speech"

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 19:17
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
torne sua noite/festa de Halloween mais amedrontadora


Explanation:
Trata-se da véspera de Halloween, quando todos se fantasiam de monstros, bruxas, vampiros etc... Quanto mais amedrontador, melhor.

Hallow = abreviação de Halloween.

vamp= alusáo a vampiros.


Halloween - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HalloweenHalloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of its original title "All Hallows' Evening"), also known as All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the w

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Note added at 30 minutos (2012-10-26 17:03:24 GMT)
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Hallow's Eve - American Catholic.org
www.americancatholic.org/features/default.aspx?id=23Read a Catholic Christian history of Halloween (All Hallows Eve), learn the legend of the jack o'lantern and discover what Catholics believe about witches,

http://www.americancatholic.org/features/default.aspx?id=23.

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Note added at 1 hora (2012-10-26 17:50:41 GMT)
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Torne a sua festa de Halloween mais amedrontadora com estas ótimas músicas de terror.

Diria assim...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 13:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Obrigada, Marlene!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Exato!!


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