Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 jemanden laut anschreien
, 🇪🇸 gritar a alguien
, 🇮🇹 gridare contro qualcuno
, 🇵🇹 gritar alto com alguém
, 🇨🇳 大声训斥
, 🇯🇵 大声で叱る
, 🇰🇷 큰 소리로 꾸짖다
, 🇸🇦 يروي بصوت عالٍ
, 🇮🇳 बुलंद आवाज में डटना
Usage Examples
- Ma mère m'a engueulé pour avoir laissé mes affaires partout dans la maison.
- Le patron a engueulé les employés qui avaient dépassé les délais.
- On m'a engueulé quand j'ai oublié de régler la facture.
Etymology
*engueuler* dates from the fifteenth century and is a colloquial form of *gueuler* “to shout, to bellow.”
*Gueuler* itself comes from Old French *gueuler* (“to cry out”), a variant of *gueule* “mouth, throat,” which is ultimately from Latin **gula** “throat.”
The prefix *en-* is a causative marker, so *engueuler* literally means “to make one shout,” later developing the modern sense “to scold or yell at.”
Synonyms
réprimander
gronder
châter
maudire
crier sur
faire la gronde
Antonyms
flatter
louer
féliciter
encourager
applaudir