escândalo
Portuguese, noun/isˈkɐ̃.da.lu/
escândalo is spelled E-S-C-Â-N-D-A-L-O (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escândalo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scandal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação reprovável”.
What does escândalo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescandal
- 2
masculinescene (an exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption)
As crianças fizeram um escândalo na loja.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação reprovável
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escândalo
- escândalos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escândalo?
- Brazil /isˈkɐ̃.da.lu/
- Brazil /esˈkɐ̃.da.lu/
- /iʃˈkɐ̃.da.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escândalo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escândalo in Portuguese?
escândalo appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).