- sambenito
- m.sanbenito, sackcloth garment.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: sambenitar.* * *sambenito► nombre masculino1 HISTORIA (escapulario) sanbenito2 figurado (deshonra) disgrace; (descrédito) stigma\FRASEOLOGÍAcolgarle un sambenito a alguien figurado to give somebody a bad name* * *SM1) (=deshonra)
le colgaron el sambenito de cobarde — they branded him a coward
le colgaron el sambenito de haberlo hecho — they put the blame for it on him
echar el sambenito a otro — to pin the blame on somebody else
quedó con el sambenito toda la vida — the stigma stayed with him for the rest of his life
2) ( Hist) sanbenito* * *masculino (fam) labelme colgaron or pusieron el sambenito de timador — they branded o labeled me a con man
* * *masculino (fam) labelme colgaron or pusieron el sambenito de timador — they branded o labeled me a con man
* * *sambenitomasculine(fam)le echaron el sambenito they put the blame on himintentan deshacerse del sambenito de país tercermundista they are trying to rid themselves of the label o image of a third-world countryme colgaron or pusieron el sambenito de timador they branded o labeled me a con man* * *
sambenito m fig dishonour, disgrace
♦ Locuciones: colgar el sambenito a alguien de algo, to brand sb sthg
(desprestigiar, esp de forma injustificada) le han colgado el sambenito de que es un vago, they've marked him down as a good-for-nothing
* * *sambenito nmFamponer o [m5]colgar a alguien el sambenito de borracho/tacaño to brand sb a drunk/a miser;intenta quitarse el sambenito de corrupto he is trying to shake off his reputation as a crook;desde hace tiempo arrastra el sambenito de vago for a long time he has had the reputation of being a layabout* * *sambenitom:le han colgado el sambenito de vago fam they’ve got him down as idle fam
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.