spank

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• /ˈspæŋk/ without æ-raising
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• [ˈspæŋk] without æ-raising
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• Canada, US: /ˈspeɪ̯ŋk/
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• Canada, US: [ˈspeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈspɛ̃ŋk/
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• Canada, US: [ˈspɛ̃ŋk]
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• rhymes with -æŋk
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• CMU ARPABET: S P AE1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Uncertain. Possibly imitative, or perhaps a special use of Etymology 2 (below) in the sense of a horse stamping its foot against the ground. There is no evidence of a relation with Portuguese espancar (“to batter, strike”).

Uncertain. Likely of Dutch or Low German origin. Compare North Frisian spanke (“to step with pride”), Saterland Frisian spankje (“to splash”), dialectal Dutch spanken (“to limp, hobble”), Dutch spankeren (“to run away quickly, gallop off”), German Low German spenkern (“to burst, explode, shatter, splash, spray”), Danish spanke (“to strut”), Swedish spånka (“to strut proudly”); originally, equivalent to span + -k. Compare also dialectal English spang (“to leap, bound; shoot out, fling”).

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: плясване (pljasvane) — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Bulgarian: шляпване (šljapvane) — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Catalan: natjada — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Chinese Mandarin: 巴掌 (bāzhang) — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Dutch: klap voor de billen — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Finnish: läimäys — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Galician: cuada — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Galician: azouta — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• German: Klaps — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Polish: klaps — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Portuguese: surra — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Russian: шлёпание (šljópanije) — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Russian: шлепо́к (šlepók) — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Spanish: nalgada — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Spanish: azote — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Spanish: nalgazo — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Spanish: nadgada — an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
• Bulgarian: пля́сък (pljásǎk) — a slapping sound, as produced by spanking
• Dutch: klap — a slapping sound, as produced by spanking
• Esperanto: paf — a slapping sound, as produced by spanking
• Finnish: läimäys — a slapping sound, as produced by spanking
• French: pan — a slapping sound, as produced by spanking
• Russian: шлепо́к (šlepók) — a slapping sound, as produced by spanking
• Spanish: nalgada — a slapping sound, as produced by spanking
• Arabic: صَفَعَ (ṣafaʕa) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Arabic: سَتَهَ (sataha) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Arabic: ضَرَبَ مُؤَخَّرَة (ḍaraba muʔaḵḵara) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Armenian: ծեծել (cecel) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Bulgarian: плясвам (pljasvam) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Bulgarian: шляпвам (šljapvam) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Catalan: natjar — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Cherokee: ᎠᏆᎸᏂᎭ (aqualvniha) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Chickasaw: passá̠a — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Chinese Mandarin: 打屁股 (dǎpìgǔ) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Czech: naplácat — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Czech: seřezat — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Czech: spráskat — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Dutch: billenkoek geven — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Dutch: voor de billen geven — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Esperanto: pugfrapadi — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Finnish: antaa selkäsauna — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Finnish: läimäyttää — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Finnish: piiskata — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• French: fesser — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Galician: azoutar — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Galician: fostregar — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Galician: verberar — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Galician: zorregar — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• German: auf das Gesäß schlagen — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• German: den Hintern versohlen — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Hindi: थप्पड़ मारना (thappaṛ mārnā) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Hungarian: elfenekel — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Ido: glutee batar — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Indonesian: gebuk — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Irish: gread na mása ag — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Italian: sculacciare — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Japanese: 尻を叩く (shiri o tataku) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Kapampangan: barog — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Latin: verberō clūnēs — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Latin: tundō clūnēs — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Māori: papaki — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Khiamniungan Naga: húa — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Norman: latter — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Norwegian Bokmål: rise — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Norwegian Bokmål: daske — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Norwegian Bokmål: gi ris — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Portuguese: surrar — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Russian: шлёпать (šljópatʹ) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Russian: отшлёпать (otšljópatʹ) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Russian: шлёпнуть (šljópnutʹ) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Sanskrit: तडयति (taḍayati) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Spanish: nalguear — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Spanish: zurrar — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Spanish: azotar — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Spanish: dar paupau — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Spanish: dar pam-pam — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Swedish: smiska — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Swedish: daska — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Tagalog: palo — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Tagalog: yabat — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Thai: ตี (dtii) — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
• Turkish: kıçına şaplak atmak — to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.