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Old July 27, 2010, 10:05 AM
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Shake up the party!

Hi again!

I want to say something like, "shake up your next party!" Is there a similar saying in Spanish?

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Old July 28, 2010, 03:15 AM
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Hi, Etak86!

I am not totally sure what you mean in English. If the sense is something like "liven up the party" "warm up/get the party going", I would use something like "animar la fiesta". In Spain, more slangy, "darle marcha a la fiesta" "darle vida/vidilla a la fiesta"

If the sense is more like "to reorganize, to make reforms in" it would be just "reorganizar".

Sounds to me like you mean the first sense, so I would go with something like, ¡Dale marcha a la próxima fiesta! (or any of the bolded options above)...
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@JPablo: I believe you guessed at the right meaning (there are a few ways to interpret the phrase, as you already know). That's the one I imagined she meant when I read the title.
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Old July 29, 2010, 04:44 AM
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@Rusty, thank you!

@Etak86, are we on the right track?
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The way I would say let's get the party started would be vamos a
arrancar la fiesta. Does that sound like bad Spanish. Arráncanos la fiesta. Arránquemos la fiesta?

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Yes, Poli, you can say vamos a arrancar la fiesta. It doesn't sound bad to me... as long as the party really starts...

The other 2 options after the "thinking" process should be, Arrancamos la fiesta [we started the party] and Arranquemos la fiesta [let's start the party]
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Thanks for the help, everyone!

@JPablo: You are exactly right in the interpretation. It would be something similar to "liven up the party" or "get the party going." So I believe any of these phrases you guys have supplied would work perfectly.
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You're welcome, then... the party it's just started... let's shake it up... for real!

¡¡¡Fiesssssta!!!
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