verraten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- betray verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
- confess verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
- divulge verb To reveal information, especially something secret, so that it becomes known.
- nark noun A police spy or informer.
- rat noun A rodent similar to a mouse but larger, often considered a pest.
Senses
verraten is used for these senses in English:
- betray (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- confess (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- divulge (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
- give away (transitive, sometimes, _, reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.
- go back on To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.
- make known (transitive) To disclose (a secret).
- nark (transitive, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.
- rat (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities. [from 20th c.]
betray — full definition
- verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
- verb To reveal something unintentionally.
confess — full definition
- verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
- verb To tell a priest about your sins as part of a religious practice.