infamia

f.

1 infamy, disgrace (deshonra).

2 vile or base deed.

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infamia

► nombre femenino

1 (deshonra) disgrace; (hecho vil) disgraceful thing to do, despicable thing to do

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SF

1) (=calumnia) calumny, slur

2) (=deshonra) disgrace, ignominy

sufrió la infamia de ser declarado culpable — he suffered the disgrace o ignominy of being found guilty

3) (=canallada) despicable act

engañar a un amigo es una infamia — it's despicable to deceive a friend

recalentar el café es una infamia — hum reheating coffee is a crime

4) (=carácter infame) infamy

la infamia de sus actos — the infamy of his acts

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femenino

a) (acción vil) disgrace

b) (fam) (uso hiperbólico) sacrilege (hum)

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= infamy, slur, ignominy.

Ex. The subjects with which Foucault dealt with are such as madness, hospitals, prisons, infamy, sexuality, etc.

Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.

Ex. If 90% of US citizens are opposed to the ignominy of heathenism, us ten-percenters are unlikely to make much headway.

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femenino

a) (acción vil) disgrace

b) (fam) (uso hiperbólico) sacrilege (hum)

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= infamy, slur, ignominy.

Ex: The subjects with which Foucault dealt with are such as madness, hospitals, prisons, infamy, sexuality, etc.

Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.

Ex: If 90% of US citizens are opposed to the ignominy of heathenism, us ten-percenters are unlikely to make much headway.

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infamia

feminine

1

(acción vil): lo que nos han hecho es una infamia what they have done to us is a disgrace, they have done us a terrible wrong

fue una infamia que lo despidieran por eso it was disgraceful o despicable of them o it was a disgrace to fire him like that

2 (fam) (uso hiperbólico) sacrilege (hum)

hacer sangría con este vino tan caro es una infamia it's sacrilege o it's a crime to make sangria with such an expensive wine

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infamia sustantivo femenino disgrace, infamy
'infamia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
villanía

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infamia nf

1. [deshonra] infamy, disgrace;

padeció la infamia de ser desterrado he suffered the disgrace of being banished

2. [mala acción] vile o base act;

es una infamia tratarlos así treating them like that is despicable

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infamia

f

1 (deshonra) disgrace

2 (acción infame) dreadful o

awful thing to do

3 (dicho infame) slander, slur

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infamia nf

: infamy, disgrace