scold

[US]/skəʊld/
[UK]/skoʊld/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. توبيخ أو انتقاد بشدة
vt. توبيخ أو انتقاد بشدة
n. توبيخ أو انتقاد شديد؛ شخص يقوم بالتوبيخ أو الانتقاد بشكل متكرر
Word Forms
Present Participlescolding
Third Person Singularscolds
Past Participlescolded
Past Tensescolded
Pluralscolds

Example Sentences

Don't scold so much.

لا توبخ كثيراً.

scolding like a fishwife

توبيخ مثل امرأة صياد السمك

The woman is always scolding the children in our neighbourhood.

المرأة دائما ما توبخ الأطفال في حينا.

a gentle scolding; a gentle tapping at the window.

توبيخ لطيف؛ نقر لطيف على النافذة.

He was scolded for being lazy.

تم توبيخه بسبب كونه كسولاً.

You shouldn't scold him on the slightest pretence.

لا ينبغي لك أن توبخه بأي ذريعة.

She was scolded for the disorderliness of her room.

تم توبيخها بسبب فوضوية غرفتها.

Don't scold her, she's nothing but a child.

لا توبخها، إنها مجرد طفلة.

Don't scold the child.It's not his fault.

لا توبخ الطفل. إنه ليس خطأه.

We scolded him for his laziness.

وبخناه بسبب كسله.

fibbed to escape being scolded;

كذب ليهرب من التوبيخ;

His father scolded him for staying out late.

وبخه والده لأنه بقي خارجًا حتى وقت متأخر.

The child was scolded by his grandmother for not being more mannerly.

تم توبيخ الطفل من قبل جدته لعدم كونه أكثر تهذيبًا.

The young woman's parents scolded her for questioning their authority.

وبّخ والدا الشابة لأنها شككت في سلطتهم.

The employer often scolded his men on the slightest pretence.

كان صاحب العمل يوبخ رجاله غالبًا بأي ذريعة.

When they scolded him, he would answer back.

عندما وبخوه، كان يرد عليهم.

I couldn't bear that Mother should scold me in the face of my friends.

لم أستطع تحمل فكرة أن توبخني والدتي أمام أصدقائي.

You should ease up on the child and stop scolding her.

يجب أن تخفف من حدة التعامل مع الطفل وتتوقف عن توبيخه.

Mum took Anna away, scolding her for her bad behaviour.

أخذت الأم آنا بعيدًا، وهي توبخها على سلوكها السيئ.

My mother scolded me when I dropped the plates.

وبختني أمي عندما أسقطت الأطباق.

Real-world Examples

Did you hate me because I scolded you?

هل كرهتني لأنني وبختك؟

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

I am very depressed because I got scolded by Mom.

أنا حزين جداً لأن أمي وبختني.

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

It looks like you're scolding us.

يبدو أنك توبخوننا.

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

Did we just get scolded? -And judged, yeah.

هل وبخنا للتو؟ - وحكم علينا أيضاً، أجل.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

Just like that cop you scolded on the bridge yesterday.

تماماً مثل ذلك الشرطي الذي وبخته على الجسر بالأمس.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Hajin from my class always gets scolded by the teacher.

هاجين من صفي غالباً ما يوبخ من المعلم.

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

So Marcus scolds himself for his laziness.

لذلك يوبخ ماركوس نفسه بسبب كسله.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

" Do you scold me for that, smuggler" ?

" هل توبخني على ذلك، أيها المهرب؟"

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

" Alan! That was new! " his mother scolded.

"آلان! هذا جديد!" وبخته أمه.

Source: Crazy Element City

" Poor Pinocchio! And if the Fairy scolds you? "

"يا للأسف يا بينوكيو! وماذا لو وبختك الجنية؟"

Source: The Adventures of Pinocchio

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