Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
...A zapper thingie. She might have zapped you...
Portuguese translation:
...um tipo de pistola taser, uma coisa parecida com uma pistola taser. Ela poderia ter atacado OU el
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Beth Guimaraes
Dec 9, 2009 19:32
14 yrs ago
English term
Brazil
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
...A zapper thingie. She might have zapped you...
English to Portuguese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
história de dragão
Do you know what she had? ...into a dragon in front of everybody!
Proposed translations
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Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in English
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Portuguese
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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...um tipo de pistola taser, uma coisa parecida com uma pistola taser. Ela poderia ter atacado OU el
... um tipo de pistola taser, uma coisa parecida com uma pistola taser. Ela poderia ter atacado/eletrocutado você ...
Thingie = thingy = thing
To zap = An onomatopoeia, referring to electricity
1. thing, as in “Hand me that thingy”; 2. be sensitive, tense or in an odd mood: “He gets all thingie with the children on a long car trip”
Taser Stun Gun (how much, buy, furniture, testing) - Other Topics ...
10 posts - 10 authors - Last post: Feb 5, 2008
The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, ... I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and ...
www.city-data.com › ... › General Forums › Other Topics -
Thingie = thingy = thing
To zap = An onomatopoeia, referring to electricity
1. thing, as in “Hand me that thingy”; 2. be sensitive, tense or in an odd mood: “He gets all thingie with the children on a long car trip”
Taser Stun Gun (how much, buy, furniture, testing) - Other Topics ...
10 posts - 10 authors - Last post: Feb 5, 2008
The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, ... I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and ...
www.city-data.com › ... › General Forums › Other Topics -
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... ...uma coisa que lança raios. Ela podia ter-te transformado...
Main Entry: 2zap
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): zapped; zap·ping
Date: 1942
transitive verb
1 a : to get rid of, destroy, or kill especially with or as if with sudden force b : to hit with or as if with a sudden concentrated application of force or energy c : to irradiate especially with microwaves
2 a : to propel suddenly or speedily b : to transport instantaneously
3 : to avoid watching (as a television commercial) by changing channels especially with a remote control or by fast-forwarding a videotape
intransitive verb
1 : to move with speed or force
2 : to change television channels using a remote control
Does not have to necessarily mean an attack by force.
In the current context, it seems it is a magic wand that "zaps" a magic
beam, transforming someone.
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): zapped; zap·ping
Date: 1942
transitive verb
1 a : to get rid of, destroy, or kill especially with or as if with sudden force b : to hit with or as if with a sudden concentrated application of force or energy c : to irradiate especially with microwaves
2 a : to propel suddenly or speedily b : to transport instantaneously
3 : to avoid watching (as a television commercial) by changing channels especially with a remote control or by fast-forwarding a videotape
intransitive verb
1 : to move with speed or force
2 : to change television channels using a remote control
Does not have to necessarily mean an attack by force.
In the current context, it seems it is a magic wand that "zaps" a magic
beam, transforming someone.
Example sentence:
"This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"
"perfect for those who can't bring themselves to zap food in a microwave" (John F. Mariani).
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