spank

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
2. (transitive) To soundly defeat, to trounce.
3. (transitive) To hit very hard.

Noun

1. An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
2. A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.
3. (euphemistic, slang) An instance of masturbation.

Noun

A leap or bound.

Conceptes

bolet

🍄

bufa

bufetada

plantofada

Sinònims

slap

smack

whip

beat

paddle

hit

spanking

scourge

slapdash

thrash

slapping

blow

slug

beat up

larrup

strike

lash

lick

pat

punch

👊

cuff

give a smack

torture

trellis

trounce

vanquish

wallop

whack

whang

whop

bowl along

riding whip

beanpole

strike violently

cane

chastise

churn

clash

clip

club

drub

ferule

flog

jounce

knock down

lambaste

penalize

punish

shellac

slam

Traduccions

fesser

palmada

Klaps

bofetada

golpear

sculacciare

zele

sîle

tep

ceffone

verhauen

صفعة

gifle

ραπίζω

fessée

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/spæŋk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb frisó septentrional: spanke

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: spankje

Cognat amb neerlandès: spanken

Cognat amb neerlandès: spankeren

Cognat amb danès: spanke

Cognat amb suec: spånka

In summary

Uncertain. Possibly imitative, or perhaps a special use of Etymology 2 (below) in the sense of a horse stamping its foot against the ground. There is no evidence of a relation with Portuguese espancar (“to batter, strike”).