English-Spanish translations for spectacle

• espectáculo
  Europa no es el escenario de ningún espectáculo diario ni de revoluciones importantes. Europe is not a matter of daily spectacle and major revolutions.
  Señor Presidente, esto es realmente un espectáculo humillante. Mr President, this is actually something of a humiliating spectacle.
  ¡Si estuviéramos todos, qué espectáculo daríamos! If we all did that, what a spectacle we should present!
• papelón

Definition of spectacle

• An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc
• An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation
• An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light
• A spyglass; a looking-glass
• A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm

Synonyms

• pageant

Examples

• The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.
• He made a spectacle out of himself

Related words

• bespectacled
• spectacles
• spectacled
• superspectacle
• unspectacled
• unbespectacled
• spectacle wearer
• spectacle case
• Spectacled Duck