Facepalm

//ˈfeɪsˌpɑː(l)m//

Synonyms for "facepalm" (3 found)

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Translations

39 translations across 15 languages.

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Catalan

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  • mà a la cara noun (gesture)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 捂臉 /捂脸 verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)
  • 掩面 verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

Dutch

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  • het gezicht in de handen verbergen verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)
  • het gezicht in de handen verbergen verb (bring the face to the palm of the hand)
  • zich voor de kop slaan verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

Finnish

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  • naamapalmu noun (gesture)
  • haudata kasvonsa kämmeniinsä verb (bring the face to the palm of the hand)
  • peittää kasvonsa kämmenellään verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

French

4 entries
  • facepalm noun (gesture)
  • main sur le front noun (gesture)
  • se cacher la tête dans la main verb (bring the face to the palm of the hand)
  • se taper la main sur le front verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

German

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  • Facepalm noun (gesture)
  • Fazialpalmieren noun (gesture)
  • Stirnklatsch noun (gesture)
  • die Hände vors Gesicht schlagen verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

Hungarian

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  • facepalm noun (gesture)
  • fogja a fejét verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)
  • kezébe temeti arcát verb (bring the face to the palm of the hand)

Italian

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  • facepalm noun (gesture)
  • mano sul volto noun (gesture)
  • portare il palmo della mano al volto verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

Japanese

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  • 手に顔を埋める verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

Korean

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  • 마른세수 noun (gesture)
  • 손바닥을 얼굴에 대다 verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

Malay

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  • tepuk dahi verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

Polish

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  • facepalm noun (gesture)
  • robić facepalma verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)
  • ukrywać twarz w dłoniach verb (bring the face to the palm of the hand)
  • ukryć twarz w dłoniach verb (bring the face to the palm of the hand)

Russian

3 entries
  • фейспа́лм noun (gesture)
  • фейспа́м noun (gesture)
  • прикры́ть лицо́ ладо́нью verb (bring the face to the palm of the hand)

Spanish

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  • palmada facial noun (gesture)

Swedish

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  • ta sig för pannan verb (bring the palm of the hand to the face)

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[Cue: William Tell Overture] [sound of Frank Zappa's “San Ber'dino” being played on Japanese instruments] [Kevin (the Muse): “Wargh! It SAID _William Tell!”] [Cantata11 (walking up with a koto): “Oof. Sorry. It's just that the girls had gotten warmed up to the other thingy...”] [Kevin: “William _Tell_, 11.” (facepalm)]

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“Do you think Carl Sagan might be available?” There was a mass-facepalm. “No.” they chorused.

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A look of realization crossed her face; she looked like she may have given herself a face palm if her hands weren't full.

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According to a study by me, this generates a multibillion facepalm for the UK economy, making everyone who considers it at least eleventy hundred pounds unhappier.

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