chivarse — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
chivarse is used for these senses in English:
- squeal (intransitive, slang) To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.
- tattle (intransitive, Canada, US, pejorative) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. [from late 15th c.]
- tell on (usually childish) To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
squeal — full definition
- noun A loud, high-pitched cry or sound.
- verb To make a loud, high-pitched cry, often from excitement, pain, or fear.
- verb Informal: to inform on someone, especially to the police.
tattle — full definition
- verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
- verb (especially of children) To report someone else's misbehaviour to an adult or authority figure.
- noun Idle gossip, or a piece of tale-telling about someone's wrongdoing.