Escándalo in english
Scandal
pronunciation: skændəl part of speech: noun
pronunciation: skændəl part of speech: noun
In gestures
escándalo = fuss ; scandal ; rumpus ; outrage ; disgrace ; racket ; shouting match ; din.
Example: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.Example: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.Example: Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.Example: The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.Example: Distribution of any publication that tends to expose an individual to public contempt, ridicule, or disgrace is forbidden.Example: He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.Example: The resulting shouting match drew a passing plain-clothes policewoman who tried to break it up.Example: The audience responded to the ballet with such a din of hisses and catcalls that the performers could barely hear each other.more:
» armar escándalo = make + a ruckus .
Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.» armar un escándalo = raise + a stink ; kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; make + a stink (about) ; make + a racket ; make + a row ; kick up + a row ; hit + the roof ; kick up + a storm ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; raise + the roof ; make + a big deal about ; make + a to-do ; make + a hullabaloo ; raise + a ruckus ; kick up + a shindy ; make + a din .
Example: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios". Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company. Example: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: She must be mad to make a to-do about such trifling matters. Example: These people are usually quiet and modest -- they don't make a hullabaloo or announce themselves to the world and demand trophies. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: They kids were pushing chairs around, screaming ... and generally kicking up a shindy. Example: By midnight they were making such a din that the farmer's baby woke up.» de escándalo = outrageous .
Example: There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.» escándalo de corrupción = corruption scandal .
Example: These politicians have no sense of shame -- this is the worst ever corruption scandal I have heard.» escándalo legal = legal scandal .
Example: His popularity ratings have halved since he was elected to a new record low of 31 per cent in the wake of multiple legal and sex scandals.» escándalo personal = personal scandal .
Example: Although personal scandals (especially scandals involving personal indiscretions) may not be 'career killers' as they once were, they do hasten the end to a political career.» escándalo político = political scandal .
Example: This is political intrigue and scandal to rival the Fall of the Roman Empire.» escándalo público = public scandal .
Example: It was Swinburne who bore the brunt of public scandal.» escándalo sexual = sex scandal .
Example: His popularity ratings have halved since he was elected to a new record low of 31 per cent in the wake of multiple legal and sex scandals.» escándalos sexuales = sleaze .
Example: This Internet site presents crime news and reports, mixing high-mindedness and sleaze appeal.» incitar escándalo = arouse + furor .
Example: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.» obra que revela un escándalo = exposé .
Example: Should we ignore the major trade publishers for almost everything except genre fiction, blockbusters, popular self-help, celebrity biographies and exposés?.» persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker .
Example: The influence of muckrakers has been so great that, paradoxically, they seem easy to ignore in constructing a history of the academic field of communication.» ¡qué escándalo! = how outrageous! .
Example: 'How outrageous!', I proclaimed, 'I'm not a drinker, I'm a drunk, there's a big difference' = "¡Qué barbaridad!", grité, "No soy un borracho, estoy bebido, hay una gran diferencia".» revelación de escándalos o corrupción = muckraking .
Example: Muckraking has usually been associated with liberal reform movements.