Calling someone a narc

Question

You know, one that tells on everyone etc... Is soplón the best word? Gracias,

We always spelled it "nark." - hhmdirocco, May 21, 2011

Answer 1

Here it's very common chismoso but soplón is good too..

Well, soplón is used over here for a person who gives info to the cops.

chismoso can be anybody who likes to talk about others

Hmm, we have a similar-looking & sounding word in Filipino that means the same.:) I never thought it had Spanish roots. - Deanski, May 21, 2011

That's what I was looking for then. Gracias. - jeezzle, May 21, 2011

Answer 2

I didn't see this word along with "Narc" and I know the answers here suffice but in English another word would be "snitch". If you "narc" on somebody you are telling something to an authority figure as well as the word "snitch".

That is the closest synonym I know of. - hhmdirocco, May 21, 2011

Answer 3

You could also call someone "La fuente de información."

I thought Narc was a cop who chases druggies.

It can mean simply tattletale in any situation. Like if your workplace doesn't allow...hm...say chocolate candy bars in the work area...and you are sneaking one in for medical reasons...if a coworker is a narc, he will report your infraction. - webdunce, May 21, 2011

I was being silly, but now that I think about it, hypoglycemics might actually need a candy bar for medical reasons. - webdunce, May 21, 2011

So a Narc can be the same as a Snitch, right? - 005faa61, May 21, 2011

Exaxctly. - hhmdirocco, May 21, 2011

Umm... not really. People use it incorrectly, or for more dramatic effect like that. but snitch is not "exactly" the same as "narc" - la-araña-discoteca, May 22, 2011

to snitch is to rat someone out. A narc does not simply imply ratting someone out, though it can be used like so amongst those that have a more "street/urban" way of speaking. - la-araña-discoteca, May 22, 2011

Answer 4

In the U.S a narc is an officer that deals with drug crimes. Here in the Chihuahua state using the word "narc" could get you shot.

Answer 5

I though a narc was an active narcotics agent. "Soplón" is an informer, whether he works for the police or for the narcotics department, and apparently, even just a cop in some countries.

Narc is both an officer and person who gives info to the cops or any authority figure. Very common to say he's a narc if he told on you to the teacher / parent / cops. - jeezzle, May 21, 2011

Originally, it was narcotics agents, but it gradually came to mean anyone who rats you out about anything to any type of authority figure...at least here in my area (Southeastern USA). - webdunce, May 21, 2011

Everywhere in the USA for the last 40 years or so. - lorenzo9, May 22, 2011

Answer 6

I think soplon, chismoso, bochinchoso, sapo, etc. are informers.

Narc is an enforcement agent, local, state or federal, who tries to catch drug dealers.

soplón - hhmdirocco, May 21, 2011

Answer 7

It looks like it's Sapo in Colombia

Answer 8

In Puerto Rico they use "Chota". In other countries I have heard and used "acuseta"

(Soplón and Sapo are also very common where I grew up)

I've heard Sapo on some Columbian police drama TV show a few times. - jeezzle, May 21, 2011

Answer 9

Or Sapo

Answer 10

Here it's very common chismoso but soplón is good too..

Answer 11

Narc and Snitch are NOT the same.

A snitch is a rat, i.e. someone who outs you to an authority figure, be it your parents, a teacher, or a cop.

A narc has a specific definition in the drug world. It is only used in the same sense as "snitch" or "rat" by people who have a more ghetto/urban habit of speaking.

Narc can also be used as snitch by someone if they want to create an exaggerated or dramatic effect. Otherwise, they are not simply the same.

Answer 12

A narc is an undercover cop or a regular cop whether it be city, state, of federal that is used to catch drug dealers and drug users. A snitch is an informant that cops use to catch the drug offenders. I don't know any spanish words for either of them though.