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emperiquitada

English translation: dolled up

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Portuguese term or phrase:emperiquitada
English translation:dolled up
Entered by: Sonia Maria Parise

13:23 Jul 22, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Retail
Portuguese term or phrase: emperiquitada
Um tanto “perua”, “gosta de ficar emperiquitada”
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 17:50
dolled up
Explanation:
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Sonia Maria Parise
Italy
Local time: 22:50
Grading comment
gostei, obrigada!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8dolled up
Sonia Maria Parise
5gussied up
Lumen (X)
4she likes to dress up
Adriana Maciel


Discussion entries: 1





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
she likes to dress up


Explanation:
Suggestion.

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 17:50
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
dolled up


Explanation:
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Sonia Maria Parise
Italy
Local time: 22:50
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
gostei, obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  R. Alex Jenkins
2 mins
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Y. Peraza: Periquita was a popular doll a few generations back ;-)
22 mins
agree  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
32 mins
agree  Evans (X): get dolled up. This works for both US and UK. "Gussied up" is not used in the UK at all.
34 mins
agree  Silvia Aquino
1 hr
agree  Nicole L. R.
1 hr
agree  Paula Borges
2 hrs
agree  Ivan Rocha, CT
3 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
gussied up


Explanation:
She likes to get all gussied up.

http://www.answers.com/topic/gussied-up

Lumen (X)
Brazil
Local time: 17:50
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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