Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Marosca
English translation:
(I knew I could smell) something fishy...
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Portuguese term
Portugal
EN Translator
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
, Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
Marosca
Someone believes that they were tricked. What would be a good word for this? It's slang.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Proposed translations
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
(I knew I could smell) something fishy...
Mais exemplos
I could smell something fishy and my doubt got cleared when my maid told me that Pinky had to go to Mumbai alone and all the travelling expenses would ...
I could tell something fishy was going on in the camp, though I admit I did suspect Ursula aswell as the Proffesor.
But I could smell something fishy. But not what happened later. I thought it was something to do with the prisoners.
After a year of being promoted, I could smell something fishy was happening between Sarah and Roy.
| Conheço bem esta expressão e nem me tinha lembrado. obrigada, Ana! |
gimmick
| Obrigada, esta não conhecia! |
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
trick, plot
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Note added at 39 mins (2015-01-26 11:18:46 GMT)
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scam, con, cheat, trap...
Sorry, Tânia, mas calão não é o meu forte...
| Obrigada, Teresa, mas esperava algo mais calão. |
| Obrigada, mesmo assim. :) |
guille/trap/catch
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guile
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trap
| Obrigada rir! |
United Kingdom
WorldWideWords
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
I knew I could smell a rat
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/smell a rat
| Thanks Marian! |
(I knew it was) too good to be true
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
I knew it! it was a scam!
| Thanks Nick! I'd forgotten about this one. |
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