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209 months ago

JENN64   asked this question:

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209 months ago

trilinguallady   wrote:

As we say in Argentina it covers inner fingers because they will cover to...until they create antibodies which act as defense mechanisms.

My comment:

I am hoping it hits the sense of the paragraph as close as possible.

209 months ago

trilinguallady   wrote:

slap him all over his face

My comment:

I think that "all over" conveys the meaning of "llenar."

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209 months ago

   wrote:

Or "the face."

209 months ago

K&P Marketing and Consulting   wrote:

they are going to give him a blow in the face with the fist

My comment:

En dos diferentes referencias he encontrado la misma traduccion.
Esta expresion se usa mucho en Espana tambien.

My references:

http://books.google.com/books?id=aN8RAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=llenar+la+cara+de+dedos&source=web&ots=H3W_aaO83v&sig=EdvhHO0AOZypL8w-iExIv0a52EI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result

http://www.archive.org/stream/spanishidiomswit00beckuoft/spanishidiomswit00beckuoft_djvu.txt

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209 months ago

JosePepe   wrote:

slap him/her/it in the face

My comment:

I live in Argentina, and this expression is very colloquial. The context sentence doesn't make much sense...

My references:

I didn't find any formal reference, only forum or blog posts. This one is an interview with the ex mayor of Buenos Aires where the meaning is well understood. In the fifth question he says "Si vas a una pelea por una causa grande, te pueden llenar la cara de dedos, pero al menos fue una pelea."

http://www.politicargentina.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72:entrevista-a-anibal-ibarra&catid=36:video-entrevistas&Itemid=55

209 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

Slap him/her silly! or Slap him senseless!

My comment:

Its a slang kind of way of saying that someone will slap someone else using the imagery of "...all fingers on the face" There are many ways of saying it in English, but the general idea is the "slapping"