Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
fazendo um chinfrim do caraças
English translation:
making a god-awful racket
Added to glossary by
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Feb 17, 2014 20:11
10 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
fazendo um chinfrim do caraças
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Fiction Novel
Context:
O café continuava a encher-se. Dezenas de jovens ocupavan agora quase todas as suas mesas, fazendo um chinfrim do caraças, a que se juntava música em altos berros.
Muito Obrigada,
Barbara
O café continuava a encher-se. Dezenas de jovens ocupavan agora quase todas as suas mesas, fazendo um chinfrim do caraças, a que se juntava música em altos berros.
Muito Obrigada,
Barbara
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | making a god-awful racket |
Nick Taylor
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| 4 +4 | making a hell of a noise |
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
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| 3 | making a helluva ruckus |
T o b i a s
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Change log
Feb 28, 2014 13:11: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+7
19 mins
Nick Taylor
Native in English
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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119
Selected
making a god-awful racket
making a god-awful racket
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+4
2 mins
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
Passionate, reliable
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Dutch to Portuguese, and 8 more.
Related KudoZ points
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56
making a hell of a noise
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Verginia Ophof
: maybe racket instead of noise ?
13 mins
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Concordo.
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| agree |
Mario Freitas
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20 mins
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| agree |
Marlene Curtis
4 hrs
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| agree |
André Fachada
14 hrs
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1 hr
making a helluva ruckus
other options, all informal:
making a real hullabaloo
making a complete din
making a real hullabaloo
making a complete din
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