Regañada in english

Scolded

pronunciation: skoʊldəd part of speech: verb
In gestures

regañar = set about ; rebuff ; reprimand ; chide ; slap + Nombre + down ; upbraid ; scold ; tell + Nombe + off ; get at ; objurgate ; shout angrily at ; ream + Nombre + out ; rebuke ; admonish ; rap + Nombre + knuckles ; tut-tut ; take + Nombre + to task ; give + Nombre + a rap on/over the knuckles. 

Example: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.Example: 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.Example: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly.Example: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.Example: Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.Example: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.Example: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.Example: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.Example: If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.Example: On being objurgated for breaking the ranks, and asked whether he thought he could beat the enemy single-handed, replied naively, 'Maybe'.Example: They had no time to waste; Luigi started shouting angrily at the employees in desperation of what was happening.Example: He doesn't make these racist jokes any more because my mother reamed him out about it.Example: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Example: For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.Example: Accrediting agencies leave a lot to be desired; at best they rap people's knuckles = Accrediting agencies leave a lot to be desired; at best they rap people's knuckles.Example: People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically.Example: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.Example: I expect Olivia will make her sit in the corner, give her a rap on the knuckles, or at least, lecture her on the rewards of discipline and hard work.

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» regañar con el dedo levantadowag + Posesivo + finger at .

Example: Arizona governor says she meant no disrespect when wagging her finger at Obama.

» regañar constantementenag (at) .

Example: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
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