armar una escandalera de padre y señor mío

English translation: ...(and threatened that) all hell would break loose if...

16:36 Feb 7, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / In A Historical Novel
Spanish term or phrase: armar una escandalera de padre y señor mío
Contexto:

Por cierto que, a poco surgió un conflicto serio a raíz de estos 'suites', pues los de Malacañang a última hora insistían en ocuparlos para la comitiva, a lo que Don Emilio se negó tenazmente a ceder su derecho adquirido con anterioridad, amenazando con armar una escandalera de padre y señor mío si no le respetaba su derecho.

Something better or more accurate than "raise a real ruckus"?

Gracias,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 03:45
English translation:...(and threatened that) all hell would break loose if...
Explanation:
A possible take.
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matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 08:45
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4 +7...(and threatened that) all hell would break loose if...
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
...(and threatened that) all hell would break loose if...


Explanation:
A possible take.

matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: Sounds good to me, although just one of many possibilities such as “there’d be hell to pay...”
11 mins

agree  neilmac: ... kick up a stink... etc... :-)
1 hr

agree  Shilpa Baliga
2 hrs

agree  Sophie Cherel
2 hrs

agree  Juan Mattei
4 hrs

agree  David Hollywood: perfect in register and tone
8 hrs

agree  Liliana Garfunkel
8 hrs
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