Definitions tagged sermón in the street dictionary.
A repetitive, annoying lecture or nagging where someone tells you the same thing over and over. It is that broken record feeling when someone keeps harping on you about what you need to do.
Mom is on a real cantaleta today. / Alright, stop the cantaleta, I already know everything I have to do.
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A persistent scolding, nagging, or a repetitive lecture about something someone did wrong.
Did they already give him a cantaleta for the damage he caused? My mom gave me a cantaleta for staying out late.
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A harsh scolding or a tongue-lashing. It is a verbal dressing-down where the person doing the yelling is usually worked up or furious about a specific situation.
She gave her husband a Pelelengua because he has a mistress.
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A long, repetitive lecture or earful that mothers or authority figures give you when you screw up or make a mistake (derived from the religious term for a repetitive list of prayers).
The worst part about this accident is that I have to hear my mom's Letanía.
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