chivato
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Noun edit
chivato m (plural chivatos, feminine chivata, feminine plural chivatas)
- a snitch; telltale; informer; stool pigeon
- a young goat that is between the ages of 6 months and one year old
- a device that warns of an abnormality or draws attention to something
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Further reading edit
- “chivato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014