cachete
pat ; slap on the wrist ; spanking ; cuff ; whack.
Straighten out the problem, give him a few parental murmurs of comfort, a pat or two, then leave again.
It is hard to believe that the public will see a reprimand in this case as anything more than a slap on the wrist.
A spanking is designed as much to humiliate as to hurt enough to deter.
He caught a kid shoplifting in his store, gave him a good cuff on the side of his head and kicked him out the door.
Suddenly there was a loud 'whack-whack-whack' and I looked back to see the guide slapping the water with his fishing pole.
cachete detrás de la oreja
clip on (behind/round) the ear
She was itching to give them a ringing good clip on the ear but she didn't because she thought their father was watching.
darle a Alguien un cachete detrás de la oreja
clip + Nombre + on (behind/round) the ear
She had thrown a bone to it and her mother clipped her on the ear for feeding the mutt.
dar un cachete [Generalmente a un niño como señal de castigo]
spank
cuff
slap
slap in the face
whoop + Posesivo + ass
In addition, both physical & verbal violence appear to be transgenerational: people who were spanked frequently as children are more prone to frequently spank their own children.
He cuffed her so hard across the face that she staggered and fell.
Suddenly there was a loud 'whack-whack-whack' and I looked back to see the guide slapping the water with his fishing pole.
Today one of the nursing students was slapped in the face by a grumpy old man.
Some parents just need to whoop their kids' ass every now and then.
dar un cachete a Alguien
slap + Nombre + on the wrist
After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
