Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
the system was really smoking
Portuguese translation:
o sistema era realmente muito bom
Added to glossary by
lmrocha
Mar 17, 2017 17:47
7 yrs ago
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English term
the system was really smoking
English to Portuguese
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Ironically, it started out as a fantastic year. About halfway through the year, the system was really smoking, so we started increasing the position size very quickly.
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o sistema era realmente muito bom
Sug.
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Comment: "obrigada"
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
IT Specialist • M.A. in Linguistics
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
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English term (edited):
the system was really smoking
o sistema estava a todo vapor
Ou, se o tom for mais descolado:
O circo estava pegando fogo
A bagaça estava fumegante
O bagulho estava muito doido
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Note added at 8 mins (2017-03-17 17:55:43 GMT)
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Apenas para constar, é uma gíria - não é linguagem formal:
smoke =
Slang
a. To go or proceed at high speed.
b. To play or perform energetically: The band was really smoking in the second set.
https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=smoke
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expressisverbis
: Aqui, costumamos dizer também "estar a todo o gás", mas o vapor transmite bem a ideia da fumarada.
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Agradeço, Sandra!
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Translator and Terminologist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
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100
o sistema ia de vento em popa
Sugestão para pt-pt... sorry lmrocha :-D
Quantas mais sugestões, melhor, eu acho :)
Quantas mais sugestões, melhor, eu acho :)
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Mario Freitas
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Obrigada Mário.
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Matheus Chaud
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Obrigada Matheus.
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Norway
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
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o sistema estava realmente muito aquecido
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