as an english native, if someone hits you with the palm of their hand anywhere, you can say they slapped you!

It’s a regular verb, so the present tense of ‘to slap’ is: I slap, you slap, he/ she/ it slaps….. etc. And the past tense would be: I slapped, you slapped, he/ she/ it slapped…. Future: I will slap… 👋🏼

Yes you can say ‘slap’ ☺️

You must slap something or someone: you can’t only slap without their being an object to slap. 👉🏼 I slapped him on the back 👉🏼 She slaps me when I tell her what I did 👉🏼 Slapping someone is wrong It’s the same with ‘to hit’. There must be a recipient of the action. 👉🏼 Don’t hit the dog 👉🏼 Hitting someone’s car is a crime

The word "slap" is not limited to the face; it can be used to describe hitting any part of the body with an open hand. So if someone hit your leg with the palm of their hand, you can say, "They slapped my leg." For example: "She slapped my arm to get my attention." "He slapped my back as a friendly gesture." If you want to emphasize where the slap occurred, you can specify the body part, like "slapped my leg."