delatar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.ləˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.laˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

delatar (first-person singular present delato, first-person singular preterite delatí, past participle delatat)

1. to betray, give away
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Però m'hi vaig fixar i una ganyota delatava el nerviosisme interior: obria i tancava els llavis com un ratpenat.

     But I started paying attention, and a grimace gave away his interior nervousness: he opened and closed his lips like a bat.

---

Portuguese

Verb

1. (transitive) to grass; to snitch (to inform on)

Synonyms

• dedurar, alcaguetar

---

Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin delatus. Cognate with Scottish dialectical English delate. Also, compare English defer.

Verb

1. to reveal, inform, give away, squeal, to rat out
2. to betray

Synonyms

• (to inform): chivarse
• (to betray): traicionar

Related terms

• deferir
• delación
• delator