English-Spanish translations for scandal

• escándalo
  No existe tal escándalo en Bulgaria. No such scandal exists in Bulgaria.
  ¿Por qué se ha producido este escándalo en Bulgaria? Why is there this scandal in Bulgaria?
  Es una tragedia y un escándalo. It is a tragedy and a scandal.

Definition of scandal

• An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved
• Damage to one's reputation
• Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency
• Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit
• Defamatory talk; gossip, slander
• To treat opprobriously; to defame; to slander
• To scandalize; to offend

Examples

• Their affair was reported as a scandal by most tabloids
• The incident brought considerable scandal to his family
• When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal
• According to village scandal, they werent even married

Related words

• scandalous
• scandalize
• scandalised
• scandalized
• scandalmonger
• scandalously
• scandalise
• scandal sheet
• bugging scandal