Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 23, 2010 11:44
13 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Argentina
Multilingual Experts
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Canadian) 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 12 more.
puxada
Portuguese to English
Marketing
Retail
hair care
O banho de creme é mais para dar um choque! Aquela coisa mais profunda, tirar o frizz, tirar o ressecamento. Atualmente faço em casa, dou aquelas ‘puxadas’, massageio, ponho a sacolinha plástica ou às vezes uso a touca térmica da minha mãe.”
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | strokes |
Milana Penavski
|
| 3 | upstrokes |
T o b i a s
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| 3 -1 | pull/tug at (my hair), |
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
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Proposed translations
+1
37 mins
Milana Penavski
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
IT, games, subtitling, marketing
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
, Serbo-Croat
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
Selected
strokes
Sugestão.
Eu diria strokes, no plural, pois a pessoa dá mais de uma "puxada" no processo.
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Note added at 41 mins (2010-07-23 12:25:56 GMT)
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Another idea, "I apply the mask with hard strokes, massage, ..."
Eu diria strokes, no plural, pois a pessoa dá mais de uma "puxada" no processo.
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Note added at 41 mins (2010-07-23 12:25:56 GMT)
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Another idea, "I apply the mask with hard strokes, massage, ..."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks!"
-1
2 mins
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Passionate, reliable
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Dutch to Portuguese, and 8 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
pull/tug at (my hair),
.
Note from asker:
| Hair pulling appears online as a negative behavior that women want to STOP, not as a treatment that women do as something nice for their hair. Any other ideas? |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Douglas Bissell
: I think you've got the wrong end of the stick here
2 hrs
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4 hrs
upstrokes
Option
Example sentence:
Once you get the haircut, the only thing you’ll have to do is shampoo; condition and blow with your dryer using upstrokes with your fingers and you are ready to go anywhere.
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