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246 months ago

LondonGirl (a guest user) asked this question:

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246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan   wrote:

he clouted me one

My comment:

Cited in a section about South American domestic violence, obviously a strong blow (wallop, slug, bash), but the translation's stronger using the word as a verb. It's also the name of a rap band from El Salvador, which gets flack on its "low-level" name ... so I wouldn't translate it as "gave a blow", too tame.

My references:

http://topics.developmentgateway.org/indigenous/rc/filedownload.do~itemId=335367

"Talvez porque el hombre es drogadicto o bebedor y le pega a la mujer o talvez porque la mujer pasa en la calle, no hace nada y el hombre le pega. Una amiga mía que tiene relaciones sexuales y ella le dijo al novio que use condón y el novio le pegó una pescozada a ella. Él le dijo: no confias en mí. Vos pensas que yo tengo Sida, que tengo enfermedad." (mujer, 15 años)

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan   wrote:

slap

My comment:

In Puerto Rico the word pescozada is used when a person is slap in the face, it can also be a blow, hit.

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan   wrote:

blow to the back of the neck

My comment:

Another possibility would be "blow on the scruff of the neck." Hope that helps.

My references:

Related terms found in Harper Collins Unabridged Spanish/English Dictionary.

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan   wrote:

A blow on the nape of the neck

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