bofetón
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bofetada (“slap in the face”) + -ón.
Noun
[edit]bofetón m (plural bofetones)
- slap, swat
- 2007 August 5, “Fugitivos”, in El País[1]:
- Su libertad es como un bofetón, una afrenta, una burla para la poderosa maquinaria policial y judicial.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “bofetón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10