Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Emplacar
English translation:
has scored many hits
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Sonny Tissot
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Portuguese term
Emplacar
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Magazine article/expression
Além de cantor, ele é compositor e produtor musical
ele já emplacou vários sucessos no cenário da música americana e brasileira, tais como...
I guess I would have to change the sentence completely in this case, but maybe there is a word that has the same meaning in English. Thank you
ele já emplacou vários sucessos no cenário da música americana e brasileira, tais como...
I guess I would have to change the sentence completely in this case, but maybe there is a word that has the same meaning in English. Thank you
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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9 mins
Edimilson Ferreira
Armenia
Armenia
Native in Portuguese
Armenia
Precision and clarity
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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16
Selected
has scored many hits
Eu sugeriria isso.
Note from asker:
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Comment: "Obrigado"
1 hr
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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40
he had several hits
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2 hrs
Marcos Antonio
Native in Portuguese
Electric Engineer/Military
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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4
to notch up
Opção.
- emplacar: ( anos, sucessos, etc..) to notch up (Collins)
- emplacar: ( anos, sucessos, etc..) to notch up (Collins)
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Ana P D Carvalho
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
Mechanics/Automotive - Engineer, MS
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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4
had (sang/produced/wrote) many hit songs
outra sugestão.
5 hrs
Marcelo González
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
PhD in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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16
Portuguese term (edited):
ele já emplacou vários sucessos
he already made it big
já emplacou vários sucessos no cenário da música americana e brasileira = he (already) made it big on the music scene (in the US and Brazil) / "...on the US/American and Brazilian music scene"
Another option might be to use the present perfect, e.g., "He´s made it big..."
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-06-18 00:49:09 GMT)
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Elvis Rocks. But He's Not the First - TIME
Yes, performers were getting royally screwed in the music industry well before the ... You can bet Clapton, ***once he made it big***, never had to unplug toilets ...
www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,661084,00.html - 42k -
Johnny Williams: Texas Country Music Star" **Before he made it big**, we played a lot of small towns in that area. .... www.johnny-williams.com/biography/biography.html - 18k -
keeping hip-hop culture real - ...according to Utley he is, and it's because he has been consistent since **he made it big in the music industry**. www.marquettetribune.org/news/2006/03/30/Marquee/Utley.Keep...
Kanye West is a Hip-Hop producer and a rapper. **He made it big in the music industry** for his debut album The College Dropout. ...
www.tv.com/scrubs/my-own-personal-hell/episode/665896/summa... - 72k -
As the sites above suggest, in the context of music, this is really common in informal/colloquial speech (at least in the US).
I hope this helps!
Another option might be to use the present perfect, e.g., "He´s made it big..."
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-06-18 00:49:09 GMT)
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Elvis Rocks. But He's Not the First - TIME
Yes, performers were getting royally screwed in the music industry well before the ... You can bet Clapton, ***once he made it big***, never had to unplug toilets ...
www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,661084,00.html - 42k -
Johnny Williams: Texas Country Music Star" **Before he made it big**, we played a lot of small towns in that area. .... www.johnny-williams.com/biography/biography.html - 18k -
keeping hip-hop culture real - ...according to Utley he is, and it's because he has been consistent since **he made it big in the music industry**. www.marquettetribune.org/news/2006/03/30/Marquee/Utley.Keep...
Kanye West is a Hip-Hop producer and a rapper. **He made it big in the music industry** for his debut album The College Dropout. ...
www.tv.com/scrubs/my-own-personal-hell/episode/665896/summa... - 72k -
As the sites above suggest, in the context of music, this is really common in informal/colloquial speech (at least in the US).
I hope this helps!
Discussion
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