Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
ser o rei da festa
English translation:
the life and soul of the party
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Maria Castro
Jan 29, 2012 12:41
12 yrs ago
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ser o rei da festa
Portuguese to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
What's the equivalent to *ser o rei da festa* as in
Na Consoada o bacalhau é o rei da festa
I thought of *to be in the spotlight* but other suggestions are most welcome. AmE, please.
Many thanks
Maria
Na Consoada o bacalhau é o rei da festa
I thought of *to be in the spotlight* but other suggestions are most welcome. AmE, please.
Many thanks
Maria
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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Emiliano Pantoja
Spain
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the life and soul of the party
to be the life and soul of the party
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
: http://www.english-at-home.com/idioms/party-idioms/
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Comment: "Thank you Emiliano. Thank you all for your suggestions!"
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to be the center of the attention
"The king of the party" when all attention is for you.
In this case, where Bacalhau is a kind of fish, it means that Bacalhau is the food everyone wants to eat or talk about.
In this case, where Bacalhau is a kind of fish, it means that Bacalhau is the food everyone wants to eat or talk about.
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25 mins
Eliana Stabile
Brazil
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to be the highlight of the party
Ser a atração principal da festa
Example sentence:
Anyway, the big surprise turned out to be that the highlight of the party was the \
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Adriana Voicu
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Georgia Morg (X)
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Edward Nelson
: I agree. Bacalhau has, cinematically, the leading role. Without this fundamental ingredient the consoada just isn't a consoada, at least in the majority of Portugal.
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be the king of the feast
É a tradução mais apropriada
Peer comment(s):
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Because Consoada *is* a feast.
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Sheryle Oliver
: Almost: be the king of the party - literal translation with 11,900,000 citations on Google
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signature dish
Or, piece de resistance (Yes, using the French expression!)
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Is the dish of the evening
As the context refers to the meal, not a person, this is my suggestion.
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1 day 3 hrs
Rachel Fell
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to be the 'pièce de résistance' of the evening/feast/dinner
Grape-Fed Wild Boar to Be Piece de Resistance at Newport Dinner
NEWS BITES / Beverly Bush Smith
September 29, 1989|Beverly Bush Smith
You've heard of grain-fed beef and milk-fed veal. Now you can try grape-fed wild boar. It's the piece de resistance of Showley Wrightson's second annual Guenoc Winemaker's dinner Sunday in Newport Beach. The boar, from the Guenoc Winery estate, literally feeds on the grapes in the vineyards.
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-29/entertainment/ca-371_...
ven with the heady number of dishes, our meal at Next seemed to fly by. There was sole, flown in from Cape Cod, and a sublime lamb dish, created three ways, with loin, sweetbread, and tongue. The pièce de résistance, however, was recipe number 1476 from Escoffier’s “Le Guide Culinaire’’: caneton rouennais à la presse, or sliced duck doused in a sauce created by using an antique duck press.
http://articles.boston.com/2011-11-13/travel/30394823_1_anti...
NEWS BITES / Beverly Bush Smith
September 29, 1989|Beverly Bush Smith
You've heard of grain-fed beef and milk-fed veal. Now you can try grape-fed wild boar. It's the piece de resistance of Showley Wrightson's second annual Guenoc Winemaker's dinner Sunday in Newport Beach. The boar, from the Guenoc Winery estate, literally feeds on the grapes in the vineyards.
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-29/entertainment/ca-371_...
ven with the heady number of dishes, our meal at Next seemed to fly by. There was sole, flown in from Cape Cod, and a sublime lamb dish, created three ways, with loin, sweetbread, and tongue. The pièce de résistance, however, was recipe number 1476 from Escoffier’s “Le Guide Culinaire’’: caneton rouennais à la presse, or sliced duck doused in a sauce created by using an antique duck press.
http://articles.boston.com/2011-11-13/travel/30394823_1_anti...
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