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faire gloups

English translation: to gulp

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French term or phrase:faire gloups
English translation:to gulp
Entered by: JCEC

23:57 Nov 16, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Slang
French term or phrase: faire gloups
This comes from the description of a commercial. All the males in a room turn to stare hungrily at the lone female. I don't know whether "gloups" is a sound or something else. There is no other context. Thanks!

Celle-ci se sentant acculée fait GLOUPS!
Kelvin Wu
Local time: 02:28
it is a sound, gulps!!
Explanation:
**

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Note added at 2 mins (2005-11-17 00:00:14 GMT)
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to emphasize the fact that she is nervous or scared.
Selected response from:

mireille aboumrad
United States
Local time: 02:28
Grading comment
Thank you, maboumra.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8it is a sound, gulps!!
mireille aboumrad
4 +7to gulp
JCEC
4 +1swallowed
BOB DE DENUS


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
it is a sound, gulps!!


Explanation:
**

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Note added at 2 mins (2005-11-17 00:00:14 GMT)
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to emphasize the fact that she is nervous or scared.

mireille aboumrad
United States
Local time: 02:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, maboumra.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra C.
11 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Enza Longo
24 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Bourth (X): As in "Gulp! (or Ooops!) I've walked into trouble here".
52 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
55 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Tamara Salvio: makes a loud, or visible, "Gulp!"
9 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Rachel Fell
9 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Calou
9 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Anna Kiff
9 hrs
  -> thank you
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
to gulp


Explanation:
Gloups: sound made when surprised, dismayed, distressed, etc.

JCEC
Canada
Local time: 02:28
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
17 mins
agree  Bourth (X): As in "Gulp! (or Ooops!) I've walked into trouble here".
48 mins
agree  NancyLynn
49 mins
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
51 mins
agree  sarahl (X): sounds like roadrunners and wile e coyote lol
2 hrs
agree  Thierry LOTTE: Yes "Oops"
2 hrs
agree  Rachel Fell
9 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
swallowed


Explanation:
faire gloup is an "onomatopé describing the sound you make when you swallow or gulp down your food. . In this context it means to swallow your emotions, feelings, your pride etc. In the context of the commercial you should be able to determine what it is the young women is swallowing her pride, her feeling or her emotions.

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Note added at 22 mins (2005-11-17 00:20:08 GMT)
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she felt she had to back off and swallow her pride

BOB DE DENUS
Local time: 16:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Watch it now, Bob! ;-) / Don't you think she probably feels vulnerable and nervous?
3 mins
  -> G'day to you too
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