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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin scandalum, from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon), from Proto-Indo-European *skand- (“to jump”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧cân‧da‧lo
Noun
escândalo m (plural escândalos)
- scandal
- scene (an exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption)
As crianças fizeram um escândalo na loja.- The children made a scene in the shop.