Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Sentir frio pelo corpo

English translation:

to feel a chill run through one's body

Added to glossary by Barbara Cochran, MFA
Dec 27, 2011 13:28
12 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

Sentir frio pelo corpo

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Quando viu a multidao nas bancadas, as palmas, milhares de cabecas... sentiu um frio pelo corpo.

I'm stuck and would appreciate any suggestions :)
Change log

Dec 30, 2011 14:35: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

Discussion

Lais Leite Dec 27, 2011:
When I agreed with Arrigo, I've written: I like... instead of just 'like'

Proposed translations

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to feel a chill run though one's body

HTH

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2011-12-28 16:11:20 GMT)
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"through"
Peer comment(s):

agree Edward Nelson : I'd use this option for two reasons: Firstly because in the source text the feeling runs through the whole body, not just the spine. Secondly, shiver down the spine is associated with a feeling of discomfort, not what the source text conveys.
17 hrs
Obrigada, Edward.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thx, Barbara! I agree with Edward."
+2
4 mins

he/she felt a shudder through his/her body

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Peer comment(s):

agree Lais Leite : 'through' or 'down' his/her body...
2 mins
agree Daniel Tavares
34 mins
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+2
8 mins

to feel a chill through one's body

When I saw all that... I felt a chill through my body (or down my spine)
Peer comment(s):

agree Lais Leite : like 'down his/her spine'
1 min
agree Daniel Tavares
40 mins
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24 mins

shakes

he/she got the shakes

Another suggestion.
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+1
49 mins

He got goosebumps

Just another way to put it...

have goosebumps - to be very excited, cold or scared, and have spots on one’s skin.
source: http://www.idiomeanings.com/idioms/have-goosebumps/
Peer comment(s):

agree Georgia Morg (X)
29 mins
Thank you!
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+4
59 mins

feel a shiver down his/her spine

Clássico:

Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality

Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy
I need no sympathy

Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows
Doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun

But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, oh
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow

Carry on, carry on
As if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody, I've got to go

Gotta leave you all behind
And face the truth
Mama, oh, I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouette of a man
Scaramouch, Scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
Galileo, Galileo

Galileo, Galileo
Galileo, Figaro, magnifico

But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
Let him go

Bismillah! We will not let you go, let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go, let me go
Will not let you go, let me go, never
Never let you go, let me go

Never let me go, oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me

For me (2x)

So you think
You can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me
And leave me to die

Oh baby, can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out
Just gotta get right outta here

Oh, oh yeah, oh yeah

Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me

Anyway the wind blows

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send shiver down one spine = causar calafrios em alguém
feel a shiver down my spine = sentir um calafrio
Peer comment(s):

agree Douglas Bissell : best suggestion so far, didn't need all the lyrics to make a point, but I enjoyed them anyway
47 mins
Thanks, Douglas. I love this song. :)
agree Verginia Ophof
3 hrs
Obrigado, Verginia.
agree David Drysdale (X) : Perfect! Or . . felt a shiver run down his spine
5 hrs
Thanks David. Have a nice 2012.
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
8 hrs
Thanks Muriel. A nice 2012 for you.
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