slap in the face

English

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Noun

slapintheface(pluralslaps in the face)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeslap,‎in,‎the,‎face.(This sense is atranslation hub.)
2. (figuratively)Something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; aninsult,rebuke,orrebuff.

   Synonym:kick in the teeth

   That Joan's ex-boyfriend turned up to the school dance with Mary was aslap in the facefor Joan, and now the girls are no longer best friends.

Translations

slap in the face or on the cheek

• Armenian:(dialectal)սիլլա(hy)(silla),ապտակ(hy)(aptak),չափալախ(hy)(čʻapʻalax)
• Catalan:clecaf
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:PhiếnNhĩ quang(shān ěrguāng),Chưởng quặc／Chưởng quặc(zh)(zhǎngguāi)(with the palm of the hand)

• Danish:lussing(da)c,ørefigenc
• Dutch:muilpeer(nl),oorvijg(nl)
• Finnish:iskukasvoihin
• French:soufflet(fr)m,gifle(fr)f,claque(fr)f
• Friulian:patàf
• German:Ohrfeige(de)f,Backpfeife(de)f,Watsche(de)f(Bavaria, Austria),Maulschelle(de)f(old-fashioned)

  Alemannic German:Flätteref,Schwintef,Oorfiigef,Muulschällef,Watschm

• Hungarian:pofon(hu),(colloquial)saller(hu),arculcsapás(hu)
• Italian:schiaffo(it)m,sganascionem,sberla(it)f,ceffone(it)m
• Kapampangan:tampal king lupa
• Ladino:chaketon
• Macedonian:шлака́ницаf(šlakánica)
• Ngazidja Comorian:mbeyeclass9/10
• Norman:cliamusef,cliaquef
• Persian:سیلی(fa)(sili)
• Polish:policzek(pl)m,liść(pl)m(slang)
• Portuguese:tapanacaram,tapanorostom
• Russian:пощёчина(ru)f(poščóčina),лещ(ru)m(lešč),оплеу́ха(ru)f(opleúxa)
• Serbo-Croatian:šàmar(sh)m
• Spanish:(Latin America)cachetada(es)f,bofetada(es)f,(Spain)torta(es)f,soplamocos,mojicón(es)m(colloquial),pasagonzalo(es)m(rare)
• Swedish:örfil(sv)c
• Tagalog:sampal sa mukha(literally)
• Turkish:sille(tr)

something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đại điệt nhãn kính／Đại điệt nhãn kính(zh)(dàdiēyǎnjìng),Xuất kỳ bất ý(zh)(chūqíbùyì)

• Finnish:isku vasten kasvoja
• French:claque(fr)f
• German:Schlag ins Gesichtm
• Hungarian:arculcsapás(hu),pofon(hu)
• Macedonian:шлака́ницаf(šlakánica)
• Polish:policzek(pl)m
• Portuguese:balde de água fria(pt)m

See also

• cuff on the ear
• bitch-slap
• pimp-slap

Verb

slapintheface(third-person singular simple presentslaps in the face,present participleslapping in the face,simple past and past participleslapped in the face)

1. Toinsultoroffendunnecessarily.
   • 1988December 18, Jack Ben-Levi, “The Death And Birth Of Families”, inGay Community News,volume16,number23,page 5:

     With the election of George Bush this country has apparently chosen an answer to the AIDS crisis consisting of the most reactionary social principles. Adding insult to injury, it is a response which makes a show ofslappingall marginalized groupsin the face.

2. To be or suddenly becomebluntlyobviousto.