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scapegoat in Spanish

scapegoat in Spanish

chivo expiatorio
noun
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
cabeza de turco
noun
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
chivo expiatorio
noun
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
cabeza de turco
noun
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
chivo
noun
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
usar de chivo expiatorio
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
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