Spanish term
Argentina
golpea
¿Sos buzo o policía? – dice papá, y, con un movimiento brusco del dedo, golpea uno
de los vasos que se desliza hacia el lado de la mesa donde está sentado Aquaman.
Lo más cercano que encontré es "slightly hits", pero quería chequear si hay alguna palabra en inglés más apropiada para este contexto.
¡Gracias!
Mariana
| 3 +3 | knocks |
Billh
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| 4 +1 | flicks |
Claudia Pesce
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| 4 | taps / lightly hits |
Ana Gomez
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| 3 | knocks unintentionally/ by accident/mistake/ |
lugoben
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Proposed translations
knocks
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Charles Davis
: Don't underestimate yourself. "Knocks" seems right to me here.
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:) Thanx
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Eileen Banks
: agree
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Thanx
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Lisa McCarthy
: This works :)
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Thanx
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taps / lightly hits
Argentina
20 yrs in Psychology and Education
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
flicks
"....he flicks one of the cups/glasses), and it slides..."
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Lisa McCarthy
: I don't think you would be able to flick a glass though - it would hurt and wouldn't have enough force. The glass is most likely to be made of glass.
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But "vasos" could be very light paper or plastics cups. He also uses a "finger" and not the whole hand, which is what gave me the idea of "flicks". As I can't see the scene, I can't be sure, of course. This is how I picture it.
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neilmac
: You can flick a glass, especially those small shot glasses for "chupitos"....
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Thanks, Neil!
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