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delatar — 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.
  • inform verb To tell someone about facts or a situation.
  • leak noun A crack or hole that lets liquid or gas escape or get in when it shouldn't.
  • out adv Away from the inside, a home, or a central point.
  • rat noun A rodent similar to a mouse but larger, often considered a pest.
  • sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
  • snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
  • squeal noun A loud, high-pitched cry or sound.
  • tattle verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.

Senses

delatar 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.
  • betray (transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
  • give away (transitive, sometimes, _, reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.
  • inform To act as an informer; denounce.
  • out (transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
  • rat (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities. [from 20th c.]
  • rat out (slang, derogatory, transitive) To inform authorities (about someone); to tell on (somebody).
  • roll on (transitive, slang) To snitch or tattle (on a person or group), to reveal a secret under pressure, usually regarding criminal matters.

betray — full definition

  1. verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
  2. verb To reveal something unintentionally.

inform — full definition

  1. verb To tell someone about facts or a situation.
  2. verb To shape or influence something, especially an idea or approach.

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