Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Buona la prima!
English translation:
It's a take / wrap!
Added to glossary by
Margaret Wood
Feb 3, 2009 08:36
15 yrs ago
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Italian term
high-quality and reasonable prices
Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian
Buona la prima!
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Music
The expression is referred to something successfully done on a first attempt.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | It's a take / wrap! |
Margaret Wood
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| 3 +5 | right first time! |
Peter Cox
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| 4 +1 | First time lucky! |
Helen Matthews
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| 3 | The first's the best. |
Laura Dominicis
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Change log
Feb 9, 2009 08:52: Margaret Wood Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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35 mins
Selected
It's a take / wrap!
Perhaps one of these could suit your context...
It's a take!
It's a wrap!
It's a take!
It's a wrap!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks everybody."
+5
8 mins
right first time!
Without more context this is my guess
Peer comment(s):
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Valeria Faber
: "Done/played it right the first time" I'd say so :-)
5 mins
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Oliver Lawrence
40 mins
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Sarah Jane Webb
3 hrs
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Fiorsam
4 hrs
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Shera Lyn Parpia
8 hrs
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1 hr
The first's the best.
Non so se possa andar bene, più che altro sembra uno scioglilingua per la quasi-rima!
+1
1 hr
Helen Matthews
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Fast, reliable, accurate and inventive!
Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 6 more.
First time lucky!
Just another suggestion, and without context, don't know if this is appropriate or not, but this would be a tongue-in-cheek play on the standard phrase 'third time lucky' if appropriate.... i.e. to highlight the fact that it didn't take the usual three attempts! Hope this helps.
Peer comment(s):
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Barbara Wiebking
: I like that and I found this nice photo to go with it: http://manila-photos.blogspot.com/2008/12/first-time-lucky.h...
14 hrs
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Thanks! (like the photo!)
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