/Sounds like 'pah-peh-LOHN'/
A public embarrassment so big everyone remembers it. Making a papelón means you fumbled in front of an audience — you fell on stage, said something stupid in a meeting, or showed up to the wrong event. The shame has an audience.
"Se cayó en plena pasarela y fue el papelón del año."
"Hice un papelón en la reunión cuando llamé al jefe por el nombre equivocado. → She fell in the middle of the runway and it was the embarrassment of the year."
"I made a scene at the meeting when I called the boss by the wrong name."
/Sounds like 'pah-peh-LOHN'/
A public embarrassment so big everyone remembers it. Making a papelón means you fumbled in front of an audience — you fell on stage, said something stupid in a meeting, or showed up to the wrong event. The shame has an audience.
"Se cayó en plena pasarela y fue el papelón del año."
"Hice un papelón en la reunión cuando llamé al jefe por el nombre equivocado. → She fell in the middle of the runway and it was the embarrassment of the year."
"I made a scene at the meeting when I called the boss by the wrong name."