What does escena in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word escena in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use escena in Spanish.

The word escena in Spanish means scene, stage, scene, stage, stage director, stage mananger, appear on the scene, step in, scene, crime scene, make a scene, burst in, storm in, make a scene, staging. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word escena

scene

nombre femenino (parte de obra teatral)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Desde mi butaca veía perfectamente la escena donde el mago hacía desaparecer a su ayudante.
From my seat I could perfectly see the scene where the magician made his assistant disappear.

stage

nombre femenino (donde se representa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se bajó el telón sobre la escena.
The curtain was lowered over the stage.

scene

nombre femenino (suceso)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No os vais a creer la escena que presencié en la discoteca.
You're not going to believe the scene I witnessed at the discotheque.

stage

nombre femenino (arte de la interpretación) (theatre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tu futuro es la escena.
You have a future on the stage.

stage director, stage mananger

locución nominal con flexión de género (teatro: dirige puesta en escena)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

appear on the scene

locución verbal (subir al escenario)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Cuando la estrella entró en escena, el público rugió de emoción.
When the star appeared on the scene, the audience roared with admiration.

step in

locución verbal (figurado (incorporarse) (intervene)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
Ante semejante violación de los derechos, las autoridades tienen que entrar en escena.
Faced with such a severe violation of individual rights, the authorities had to step in.

scene

(numerito por celos)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

crime scene

(Derecho: lugar del delito) (open investigation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La policía halló rastros de dos personas en la escena del crimen.
The police found traces of two people at the crime scene.

make a scene

locución verbal (montar un escándalo)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Ana hizo una escena en la tienda.
Ana made a scene in the shop.

burst in, storm in

locución verbal (aparecer de repente)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
Pedro irrumpió en la escena sorpresivamente.
Juan suddenly burst in (or: stormed in).

make a scene

locución verbal (coloquial (actuar de forma escandalosa)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El adolescente montó una escena en la tienda porque sus padres no le compraron un teléfono nuevo.
The teenager made a scene in the shop because his parents wouldn't buy him a new phone.

staging

nombre femenino (representación teatral)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La puesta en escena de la obra es espectacular.
The staging of the play is spectacular.

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