English Dictionary

Definition of “tell off”

tell off

telling off, telling-off noun

British English: tell off If you tell someone off, you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong.I'm always getting told off for being late.tɛl ɒf VERB
Arabic: يُوَبِّخُ
Brazilian Portuguese: repreender
Chinese: 责骂
Croatian: prekoriti
Czech: vynadat nadávat
Danish: skælde ud
Dutch: berispen
European Spanish: regañar
Finnish: läksyttää
French: réprimander
German: rügen
Greek: κατσαδιάζω
Italian: rimproverare
Japanese: しかる
Korean: 꾸짖다
Norwegian: skjelle ut
Polish: zbesztać besztać
Portuguese: repreender
Romanian: a mustra
Russian: отчитывать
Spanish: regañar
Swedish: skälla ut
Thai: ดุว่า
Turkish: azarlamak
Ukrainian: сварити висварити
Vietnamese: mắng

Crookshank held a Lewis gun parade `to tell off the different teams '.

Simon Ball THE GUARDSMEN (2004)

Mum always looked on and would tell off her son when his standards slipped.

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

`I thought you wanted me to tell off the mayor of Winnerrow, first chance I got, "I said.

Andrews, Virginia Web of Dreams

Teffilah

Suggested by Daved Wachsman (19 Jun 2013)
Kippot

Suggested by Daved Wachsman (19 Jun 2013)
Adom Olam

Suggested by Daved Wachsman (19 Jun 2013)
Aleinu

Suggested by Daved Wachsman (19 Jun 2013)
Shacharit

Suggested by Daved Wachsman (19 Jun 2013)
Mussaf

Suggested by Daved Wachsman (19 Jun 2013)

1 results