Regañina in english
Regañina
pronunciation: rigəinə part of speech: none
pronunciation: rigəinə part of speech: none
In gestures
regañina = tongue-lashing ; telling-off ; dressing-down ; reprimand ; bollocking.
Example: Iranian President went to Columbia University expecting tough questions but instead he got a tongue-lashing from the students.Example: Similarly, a class that has been involved in a telling-off for any one of the myriad trivial transgressions their flesh is heir to can arrive at the next lesson aggressively uncooperative or giggly.Example: 'I just had a royal dressing down by Tilly'.Example: This article stresses the importance of praise as opposed to reprimands.Example: I had a few bollockings from him, but that made you work harder to avoid them.more:
» echar una regañina = give + Nombre + a bollocking ; give + Nombre + the dickens .
Example: I didn't have the heart or energy to give her a bollocking -- thankfully she never repeated the act. Example: She dropped onto the settee under the window, crossing her legs in a way that would have her mother giving her the dickens.