Translation for 'scold' from English to Russian

to scold sb.

ругать кого-л. [несов.]

• On 16 February 2012, after a comparison with Brazilian singer Zé Ramalho made by Léo Bianchi, journalist of Rede Globo, Barcos cursed the reporter, calling him "boludo", a popular scold in Argentina.
• The word in Chinese means literally "to yell" or "to shout". In Japanese it has also developed the meaning of "to browbeat", "to scold", and "hoarse".
• Pishing is used most effectively in the Holarctic, where it is thought to work due to its similarity to the scold calls of tits and chickadees (birds in the family Paridae).
• After Stephanie spends the night at Morelli's house, they are confronted the next morning by his mother and grandmother, who scold her for taking advantage of him.
• A running gag in those occasions was the brief repetition of the music when Cirene started to walk, frequently making her scold the sound operator.

• Economist and opinion writer Paul Krugman has popularized the use of "deficit scold" in place of deficit hawk.
• Buckles' owners who are strict and kind. Paul and Jill love Buckles. When he does something bad, they often scold him and put him in the garage.
• None of these laws carry the distinctive punishment originally reserved for the common scold, nor are they gender-centric as the offense was.
• During the Middle Ages, a scold's bridle, also called a brank, was an instrument of punishment used primarily on women.
• "The Scold's Bridle" is the title of a novel by Minette Walters, where a scold's bridle is a key element in the plot.

• The first race was red flagged so that one of the race organizers could scold the inexperienced drivers on their poor driving after a series of crashes.
• In 1970, Marion Palendrano was indicted in Monmouth County for assault, threatening a person's life, and being a scold.
• One version is that it derives from Lithuanian verb "urkioti" ('to scold, to wig'), another version that it could be of Finno-Ugric background (as [...] 'rivulet').
• He accidentally spit in temple premises and was scolded by people.
• Example: [...] (IPA: [...]) - 'chide, scold'.

• The songs of pale-bellied tapaculo subspecies differ somewhat, but all are a trill, sometimes preceded by a single note [...]. The scold call is also a trill [...].
• The elegant crescentchest's song is "a series of..."chuck" notes" [...]. Its scold call is "a dry penetrating churr" [...].