escándalo

See also: escândalo

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. A learned borrowing from Latin scandalum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkandalo/ [es̺ˈkɑn̪.d̪a.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -andalo
• Hyphenation: es‧cán‧da‧lo

Noun

escándalo m (plural escándalos)

1. scandal

Related terms

• escandaloso

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “escandalo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “escándalo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “escándalo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escándalo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escándalo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkandalo/ [esˈkãn̪.d̪a.lo]
• Rhymes: -andalo
• Syllabification: es‧cán‧da‧lo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *skend-der.?

Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon)der.

Latin scandalumlbor.

Spanish escándalo

Learned borrowing from Latin scandalum.

Noun

escándalo m (plural escándalos)

1. scandal

Derived terms

• escandalera

Related terms

• escandalizar
• escandaloso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

escándalo

1. third-person singular imperative of escandir combined with lo

Further reading

• “escándalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025