1 (public furore) escándalo; (m) the groundnuts scandal
it caused created a scandalor causó escándalo; he was involved in a sex/drugs scandal estuvo involucrado en un escándalo sexual/de drogas
The foreign-owned bank is the center of a scandal involving alleged massive fraud an undercover vote-buying probe that's been characterized as the largest political scandal in South Carolina history It's been five years since \the scandal broke\, nobody has gone to jail, and many questions go unanswered The outgoing prime minister always made a point of excluding any politicians \touched by scandal\ from his Cabinet The Watergate scandal
2 (disgraceful state of affairs) vergüenza; (f) it's a scandal! what a scandal! ¡qué vergüenza!
What do you mean they're going to close down more hospitals? That's a scandal! nurses' wages are a scandal
3 (gossip) chismes; (m) it's just scandal no son más que habladurías chismes;or she reads all the scandal in the tabloid press se lee todos los chismes de los periódicos sensacionalistas; there's a lot of scandal going round about her circulan muchos chismes sobre ella; the local scandal los chismes del pueblo del barrio etc;oretc the latest scandal lo último en cotilleo; to talk scandal murmurar; contar chismes
gossip and scandal He loved gossip and scandal These mothers often abandoned their babies because of \fear of scandal\
