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scold

English

  1. 🔊 someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
  2. 🔊 show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
    “He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong”
  3. 🔊 censure severely or angrily
    “The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 rezongar to scold
  2. 🔊 reñir to scold
  3. 🔊 retar to scold, reprimand
  4. 🔊 reconvenir to scold, to chastise
  5. 🔊 regañar to scold, to tell off

Similar words

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