"make a spectacle of oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-make a spectacle of oneself.ogg Forms: makes a spectacle of oneself [present, singular, third-person], making a spectacle of oneself [participle, present], made a spectacle of oneself [participle, past], made a spectacle of oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a spectacle of oneself}} make a spectacle of oneself (third-person singular simple present makes a spectacle of oneself, present participle making a spectacle of oneself, simple past and past participle made a spectacle of oneself)
  1. (idiomatic, originally US) To embarrass oneself or others in public. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: make a fool of oneself, make an exhibition of oneself [UK], make a show of oneself [Ireland] Related terms: make a scene Translations (To embarrass oneself or others in public): ставам за смях (stavam za smjah) (Bulgarian), излагам се (izlagam se) (Bulgarian), fer un espectacle (Catalan), 出洋相 (chhut-iông-siòng / chhut-iâng-siàng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 出洋相 (ceot¹ joeng⁴ soeng³) (Chinese Cantonese), 出洋相 (chū yángxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), een belachelijk figuur slaan (Dutch), zichzelf voor gek zetten (Dutch), munata itsensä (Finnish), se donner en spectacle (French), s’offrir en spectacle (French), se couvrir de ridicule (French), montar un espectáculo (Galician), face-lo ridículo (Galician), poñerse en ridículo (Galician), pórse en ridículo (Galician), sich zum Affen machen (German), sich zum Narren machen (German), sich lächerlich machen (German), eine lächerliche Figur abgeben (German), unangenehm auffallen (German), sich blamieren (German), 出洋相 (cud⁵ yong² xiong⁴) (Hakka Chinese), nevetségessé teszi magát (Hungarian), dare spettacolo (Italian), farsi ridere dietro (Italian), rendersi ridicolo (Italian), 恥をさらす (haji o sarasu) (alt: はじをさらす) (Japanese), robić z siebie widowisko [imperfective] (Polish), zrobić z siebie widowisko [perfective] (Polish), fazer um papelão (Portuguese), passar ridículo (Portuguese), dar vexame (Portuguese), pagar mico [Brazil] (Portuguese), сде́лать из себя́ посме́шище (sdélatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče) (Russian), де́лать из себя́ посме́шище (délatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče) [imperfective] (Russian), позо́риться (pozóritʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), hacer el ridículo (Spanish), dar la nota (Spanish), göra bort sig (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
          "word": "sich blamieren"
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "word": "farsi ridere dietro"
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "roman": "haji o sarasu",
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          "word": "zrobić z siebie widowisko"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
          "word": "fazer um papelão"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
          "word": "passar ridículo"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "pagar mico"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "sdélatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče",
          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
          "word": "сде́лать из себя́ посме́шище"
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          "roman": "délatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče",
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          "roman": "pozóritʹsja",
          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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          "word": "позо́риться"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
          "word": "hacer el ridículo"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
          "word": "dar la nota"
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          "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "sich blamieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "nevetségessé teszi magát"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "dare spettacolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "farsi ridere dietro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "rendersi ridicolo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はじをさらす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haji o sarasu",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "恥をさらす"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "robić z siebie widowisko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zrobić z siebie widowisko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "fazer um papelão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "passar ridículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "dar vexame"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "pagar mico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdélatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "сде́лать из себя́ посме́шище"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "délatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "де́лать из себя́ посме́шище"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozóritʹsja",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "позо́риться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "hacer el ridículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "dar la nota"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To embarrass oneself or others in public",
      "word": "göra bort sig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make a spectacle of oneself"
}

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