Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
rå med flammemaling
English translation:
cool with flame painting
Added to glossary by
Tara Chace
Nov 3, 2010 21:23
13 yrs ago
Norwegian term
United States
Reliable quality, attention to detail
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
rå m lammemaling
Norwegian to English
Art/Literary
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
In a children's book, a passage describing a saloon in a Western town in Texas. There are a couple of horses tied up out front and "et par am-car-biler. Særlig er en av bilene er rå m lammemaling og lakkerte djevelmotiver."
Proposed translations
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| 4 | cool with flame painting |
Charles Ek
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| 3 +2 | fierce with flame designs |
Anna Grynfeld Smith
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Proposed translations
23 hrs
Charles Ek
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Your meaning, from your words and mine
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
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cool with flame painting
See the first link for Google hits for "flame painting". "Rå" can be slang for "cool", as it is here. See the second link for confirmation on this from Ordnett,no. You can find examples of "råeste" used in this context at http://tinyurl.com/2v2ch5g.
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Comment: "Thanks!"
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fierce with flame designs
Should it not be flammemaling?
"Especially one of the cars is fierce with flame designs and cool devil graphics"
It sort of lame with lambs :)
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"Especially one of the cars is fierce with flame designs and cool devil graphics"
It sort of lame with lambs :)
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Peer comment(s):
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Egil Presttun
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Thanks Egil :)
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Charles Ek
: A very popular motif for cars. And I don't think lambs would stay too silent if someone tried to paint them. :-)
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:-D, thanks Charles!
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