A colpi di gelato

English translation: ice-creamed down

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Italian term or phrase:	A colpi di gelato
English translation:	ice-creamed down
Entered by:	Therese Marshall

11:25 Feb 8, 2017

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing / Market Research / chapter title

Italian term or phrase: A colpi di gelato

I have chosen the Marketing sector due to the type of creative language required for this term.
As stated, this is a title for a chapter in a book.
I obviously can't put the entire chapter here...yet at the same time, I would have liked to have given more context.

I would be grateful for any suggestions...thanks in advance.

Therese Marshall KudoZ activity Questions: 1780 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (51 closed without grading) Answers: 138 Italy
Local time: 15:23

ice-creamed down

Explanation:
This is very hard to guess without more context...

Selected response from:

Margherita Russo
Thailand

Grading comment

Thanks to all colleagues - I was astounded at your wonderful suggestions - however I decided to choose this option as it was more fitting to the context in question. Thank you everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +1

love at first bite/ice

David Turnbull

3 +1

Love on Sundae

Fiona Grace Peterson

ice-cream bowled over

Lisa Jane

ice-creamed down

Margherita Russo

Ice-cream: the flavour of attraction!

Lara Barnett

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

39 mins confidence:

ice-creamed down

Explanation:
This is very hard to guess without more context...

Margherita Russo
Thailand
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks to all colleagues - I was astounded at your wonderful suggestions - however I decided to choose this option as it was more fitting to the context in question. Thank you everyone!

55 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

love at first bite/ice

Explanation:
I think, in particular, this is a play on words revolving around "a colpi di fulmine" - the Italian expression for the "thunderbolt" or "love at first sight".

Given the context I think either of these suggestions could work.

David Turnbull
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Love on Sundae

Explanation:
Chocolate brownie with two scoops of vanilla and hot fudge sauce please :o)

Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
Local time: 15:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

5 hrs confidence:

ice-cream bowled over

Explanation:
a colpi di ... generally means to insist on something using a certain method/tool when doing so in order to persuade or make someone do something see below

• Fig.: con insistenza, a forza d'insistere, utilizzando più e più volte la stessa cosa come strumento di propulsione o di convizione. Vale per un utensile come per un argomento o altro.

So you could say that the "persuasive tool" in this courtship was ice-cream so being bowled over with ice-cream (play on words also on the bowls of ice-cream they were enjoying or discussing) and metaphorically speaking, being won over, dazzled, pleasantly surprised by the girl's beauty, conversation or whatever it was that made him fall for her.

It's a similar idea to the Italian -"mi ha fatto colpo"

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Note added at 5 hrs (2017-02-08 16:51:41 GMT)
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the Italian a colpi di gelato is like saying she wooed me with ice-cream (her seductive tool)

Reference: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario-modi-di-dire/C/colpo...
Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enit/bowl%20over

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 15:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 48

20 hrs confidence:

Ice-cream: the flavour of attraction!

Explanation:
Trying to be creative. I don't know if English play on words could really use the same subtle and suggestive imagery (as colpi), so I think just stating the obvious could be a solution.

""Ice cream: The flavour of LOVE" is possible too, but I think that "attraction" sounds less corny.

You coyk

Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 44
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