sampilong
sampilóng with stress marks
a slap on the mouth and nose area
Usage Note
Sampilong specifically denotes a blow or slap that lands across the nose and mouth. It is more vivid and targeted than the general word suntok (punch) or sampal (slap), and is mostly found in informal speech and colorful narration of fights or altercations.
Examples
" Tumama ang sampilong sa kanya. "
Natural Translation
The slap landed on him.
Literal Translation
Landed the slap-on-mouth to him.
" Nakatanggap siya ng sampilong. "
Natural Translation
He/She received a slap on the mouth.
Literal Translation
Received he/she of slap-on-mouth.
" Sa init ng away, isang malakas na sampilong ang tumama sa mukha ng lalaki kaya't napaatras siya. "
Natural Translation
In the heat of the fight, a strong slap landed on the man's face, so he stumbled backward.
Literal Translation
In heat of fight, one strong slap-on-mouth the landed to face of man so stumbled-back he.
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