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body blow

Translation

n [c]
golpe duro
The scandal will deal a body blow to his popularity
El escándalo supondrá un golpe duro para su popularidad
golpe psicológico
(Definition of body blow n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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