scandal

scandal
'skændl
noun
1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) escándalo
2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) escándalo
3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) chisme, chismorreo, habladuría
•
- scandalise
- scandalous
- scandalously
scandal n escándalo
the case caused a great scandal el caso provocó un gran escándalo
scandal
tr['skændəl]
noun
1 (outrage) escándalo; (disgrace) vergüenza
2 (gossip) chismes nombre masculino plural, chismorreo
scandal ['skændəl] n
1) disgrace, outrage: escándalo m
2) gossip: habladurías fpl, chismes mpl
scandal
n.
• campanada s.f.
• difamación s.f.
• escándalo s.m.
• maledicencia s.f.
'skændḷ
noun
a) c (outrage) escándalo m

to cause a scandal — provocar* un escándalo

it's a scandal that ... — es un escándalo or una vergüenza que ... (+ subj)

b) u (gossip) chismorreo m

a juicy bit of scandal — un chisme jugoso

['skændl]
1. N
1) (=public furore) escándalo m

it caused or created a scandal — causó escándalo

he was involved in a sex/drugs scandal — estuvo involucrado en un escándalo sexual/de drogas

2) (=disgraceful state of affairs) vergüenza f

it's a scandal!, what a scandal! — ¡qué vergüenza!

3) (=gossip) chismes mpl

it's just scandal — no son más que habladurías or chismes

she reads all the scandal in the tabloid press — se lee todos los chismes de los periódicos sensacionalistas

there's a lot of scandal going round about her — circulan muchos chismes sobre ella

the local scandal — los chismes del pueblo or del barrio etc

the latest scandal — lo último en cotilleo

to talk scandal — murmurar, contar chismes

2.
CPD

scandal sheet N — (US) (=newspaper) periódico m sensacionalista

• the scandal sheets — la prensa sensacionalista

* * *
['skændḷ]
noun
a) c (outrage) escándalo m

to cause a scandal — provocar* un escándalo

it's a scandal that ... — es un escándalo or una vergüenza que ... (+ subj)

b) u (gossip) chismorreo m

a juicy bit of scandal — un chisme jugoso


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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