spank
意味
- (罰として平手などで)…のしりをピシャリと打つ
- (しりへの)平手打ち
例文
If you do that again, I'll spank you.
次やったら、お尻ペンペンしますよ。
When I was a child, I was spanked if I did something wrong.
子どもの頃、悪さをするといつも尻を叩かれた。
When I was a child, whenever I did something bad, I would get spanked.
子どもの頃、悪さをするといつもお尻を叩かれた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
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”).