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Meaning of bofetada | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2
[bofeˈtaðɐ]

Definitions

  1. a slap in the face
    feminine
  2. Equivalent to 'slap': A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

Equivalents

Bosanski slap
English slap
Hrvatski slap
Српски slap

Examples

“que vira ao dito Johán, ome do dito prouisor, jaser ençima da dita Tareija do Tyollo et ela que tiña as pernas encrusilladas, descobertas, en çima fasta o ventre, ben brancas, et el que pona en ela as pernas e as maaos por las abryr et non podía, et por que as non quería abrir, que lle daba bofetadas et ela, descabellada, jasendo en terra, et disendo "Ay del Rey, ay del Rey".”

that he saw said Xoán, man of the provisor, lying over said Tareixa do Tiollo; and that she had her legs crossed and naked up to her belly and very white; and that he was putting his hands and legs on her for opening them but couldn't; and that because she didn't want to he was slapping her, who were disheveled, lying in the ground and saying "Help! Help!".

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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