delatar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From delat.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
delatar (first-person singular present delato, first-person singular preterite delatí, past participle delatat)
- 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.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of delatar (first conjugation)
infinitive | delatar | ||||||
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gerund | delatant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | delatat | delatada | |||||
plural | delatats | delatades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | delato | delates | delata | delatem | delateu | delaten | |
imperfect | delatava | delataves | delatava | delatàvem | delatàveu | delataven | |
future | delataré | delataràs | delatarà | delatarem | delatareu | delataran | |
preterite | delatí | delatares | delatà | delatàrem | delatàreu | delataren | |
conditional | delataria | delataries | delataria | delataríem | delataríeu | delatarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | delati | delatis | delati | delatem | delateu | delatin | |
imperfect | delatés | delatessis | delatés | delatéssim | delatéssiu | delatessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | delata | delati | delatem | delateu | delatin | |
negative (no) | — | no delatis | no delati | no delatem | no delateu | no delatin |
Further reading edit
- “delatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧la‧tar
Verb edit
delatar (first-person singular present delato, first-person singular preterite delatei, past participle delatado)
- (transitive) to grass; to snitch (to inform on)
- Synonyms: denunciar, dedurar, alcaguetar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of delatar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “delatar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “delatar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin delātus. Cognate with Scottish dialectal English delate. Also, compare English defer.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
delatar (first-person singular present delato, first-person singular preterite delaté, past participle delatado)
- 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)
- to betray
- Synonym: traicionar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of delatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of delatar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “delatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014