escándalo
/esˈkandalo/ · B1 · noun · m
scandal
📰 From Greek skandalon, a trap or stumbling block
Same root as English scandal. Spanish adds an e before sc, as in escuela and espacio, so es + cándalo. Stress falls on the second syllable: es-CÁN-da-lo. Hacer un escándalo means to make a scene.