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/Sounds like "gwahn" (as in "Guam") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "soh" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

A hard open-hand slap in Spain. A guantazo echoes down the street and leaves a full five-finger print on your face. The kind of hit that ends an argument definitively and leaves zero room for a comeback.

Examples

He slapped him so hard it echoed through the whole entrance hall.

Keep that up and you're going to get slapped, I'm warning you.

Word family

To put up with a tough situation without complaining or making a drama out of it. In Argentina and Uruguay, the person who "se la banca" grits their teeth and keeps going without asking for anything to stop or change.