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σκάνδαλο
scandal /skanˈðalo/
nounB2#2530 most common
Also: stumbling block, outrage, disgrace
Example sentences
Είδα ένα σκάνδαλο στις ειδήσεις.
I saw a scandal on the news.
Το σκάνδαλο ήταν η κύρια είδηση σήμερα.
The scandal was the top news story today.
Ο πολιτικός εμπλέκεται σε ένα μεγάλο οικονομικό σκάνδαλο.
The politician is involved in a big financial scandal.
Το σκάνδαλο διαφθοράς οδήγησε στην παραίτηση του υπουργού.
The corruption scandal led to the minister's resignation.
Η εφημερίδα αποκάλυψε το σκάνδαλο που συγκλόνισε ολόκληρη τη χώρα.
The newspaper revealed the scandal that shook the whole country.
Τα διαδοχικά σκάνδαλα που έχουν βγει στη φόρα τα τελευταία χρόνια έχουν κλονίσει σοβαρά την εμπιστοσύνη των πολιτών στους θεσμούς.
The successive scandals that have come to light in recent years have seriously shaken citizens' trust in institutions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το σκάνδαλο | τα σκάνδαλα |
| Genitive | του σκανδάλου | των σκανδάλων |
| Accusative | το σκάνδαλο | τα σκάνδαλα |
| Vocative | σκάνδαλο | σκάνδαλα |
Word family
σκανδαλίζωto scandalize, to shock
σκανδαλώδηςscandalous
σκανδαλιάprank, mischief
σκανδαλοθηρίαscandal-mongering
Etymology
In ancient Greek, σκάνδαλον first meant a trap or snare, likely referring to the triggering mechanism that springs it shut. Biblical Greek extended this to a figurative sense: a stumbling block, something that trips a person into sin or error. That sense passed into Latin as scandalum, which then spread into English, French, Italian, and Spanish. Modern Greek σκάνδαλο settled into today's everyday meaning: a public scandal or exposed wrongdoing. Scholars still debate the word's deeper origin, and some treat it as a pre-Greek borrowing rather than a native Indo-European formation.
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