earful in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for earful in the English»Spanish Dictionary

earful [Am ˈɪrˌfʊl, Brit ˈɪəf(ə)l] N inf

1. earful (scolding):

if she's late again, she'll get an earful

si llega tarde otra vez, me va a oír

my mother gave me an earful

mi madre me echó un rapapolvo inf

my mother gave me an earful

mi madre me cafeteó RioPl inf

2. earful (of news, gossip):

I got an earful about her divorce

me estuvo dando la lata con lo de su divorcio inf

Translations for earful in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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si llega tarde le chillarán inf

if he's late he'll get a real earful o he'll get bawled out o he'll get yelled at inf

recibir en los cachos a alg. Chil inf llegó tarde y la mujer lo recibió en los cachos

he arrived late and his wife gave him a real earful inf

me va/van a oír inf

I'm going to give him/them an earful inf

que no veas Spain inf me echó una bronca que no veas

she gave me such an earful! inf

que no veas Spain inf me echó una bronca que no veas

you wouldn't believe the earful she gave me! inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

One of the female officers gave me an earful.

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He will get an earful for the amount of danger and panic that he had caused.

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When one of her daughters kept trying to cover her with a blanket, she delivered an earful.

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He met with student leaders recently and received an earful about market modifiers.

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He's about to hear an earful from them.

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He's also gotten an earful about what's cool, too.

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They gave him an earful, the concern on their faces reinforcing the seriousness of his situation.

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It got an earful as more than 32,000 offered up their thoughts on more than 96,000 meals across 65 chains.

www.dailyfinance.com

Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?

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These ministers would get an earful from real ordinary citizens; but they might also win them over.

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