delatar

From delat.

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

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.

• “delatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin dēlātus.

• Hyphenation: de‧la‧tar

delatar (first-person singular present delato, first-person singular preterite delatei, past participle delatado)

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

   Synonyms: denunciar, dedurar, alcaguetar

• delação

• “delatar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “delatar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Latin delātus. Cognate with Scottish dialectal English delate. Also, compare English defer.

• IPA^(key): /delaˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.laˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧la‧tar

delatar (first-person singular present delato, first-person singular preterite delaté, past participle delatado)

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

   Synonym: chivar

   • 1978, “¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como este?”, performed by Burning:

     Los años te delatan, nena, / estás fuera de sitio

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to betray

   Synonym: traicionar

• “delatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014