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necessidade de estalar as costas.

English translation: need to crack [his/her] back

01:55 Jun 22, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / chiropractic
Portuguese term or phrase: necessidade de estalar as costas.
Necessidade de estalar as costas, pescoço ou outras articulações.
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English translation:need to crack [his/her] back
Explanation:
Está se referindo a isso (http://www.wikihow.com/Crack-Your-Back)?
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Edimilson Ferreira
Armenia
Local time: 00:10
Grading comment
I know it´s a slang, but the word "estalar" would be slang too. I`m translating this text to put in a website. So for non-scientific people, I think maybe cracking oneself is appropriate. Thanks
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4 +2need to crack [his/her] back
Edimilson Ferreira
5need to make back adjustment
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
need to crack [his/her] back


Language variant: pt(br)

Explanation:
Está se referindo a isso (http://www.wikihow.com/Crack-Your-Back)?

Edimilson Ferreira
Armenia
Local time: 00:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
I know it´s a slang, but the word "estalar" would be slang too. I`m translating this text to put in a website. So for non-scientific people, I think maybe cracking oneself is appropriate. Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
20 mins
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
15 hrs
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: This is slang - considered inappropriate in the chiropractic community.
1 day 6 hrs
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
need to make back adjustment


Explanation:
A chiropractor would never say "crack" referring to an adjustment.

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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2008-06-23 08:11:31 GMT)
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For your context, the sentence would be:

need to make an adjustment to the back, neck

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Note added at 1 day17 hrs (2008-06-23 19:17:04 GMT) Post-grading
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The term "crack the back" is really not used by chiropractors - some of them are offended by it. If you are doing a website to promote their work, it would seem that you want to make them look serious.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 13:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 581
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