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"Tattle" is an intransitive verb which is often translated as "chismear", and "tattletale" is a noun which is often translated as "el soplón". Learn more about the difference between "tattle" and "tattletale" below.
tattle(
tah
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duhl
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. chismear
I can't tell you anything. You go and tattle to your mommy every time.No te puedo decir nada, siempre vas y le chismeas a tu mami.
b. acusar
I can't believe Al tattled on me to the teacher.No me puedo creer que Al me acusara al maestro.
c. chismorrear
If you tattle on me to your brother, you'll regret it.Si le chismorreas a tu hermano sobre mí, te arrepentirás.
d. chismosear
We're not in Kindergarten anymore. I can't believe you tattled to Dad.Ya no estamos en el Kinder, no puedo creer que le chismosearas a papá.
e. alcahuetear (Argentina)
Regionalism used in Argentina
What a little baby! You're going to regret tattling to Mom.¡Qué bebé eres! Te vas a arrepentir por alcahuetearle a mamá.
f. chivarse (colloquial) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
If you want to keep your friends, don't tattle.Si no quieres perder a tus amigos, no te chives.
2. (old-fashioned) (to chatter)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. cotorrear
Winnie and her mother sat, tattled, and sipped their tea for hours.Winnie y su mamá se sentaron, cotorrearon y tomaron té durante horas.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (gossip)
a. los chismes (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
There is too much tattle today.Hay demasiados chismes hoy.
b. las habladurías (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Rodney lost his friends after so much tattle.Rodney perdió a sus amigos después de tantas habladurías.
tattletale(
tah
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duhl
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teyl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (talebearer) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. el soplón (M), la soplona (F) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
You can't trust Kimmy with a secret; she's such a tattletale that the teachers will hear about it in a matter of hours.No te puedes fiar de Kimmy a la hora de guardarte un secreto; es tan soplona que los maestros se enterarán en cuestión de horas.
b. el acusica (M), la acusica (F) (colloquial) (Spain)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
That tattletale always goes straight to the teacher any time someone says a dirty word.Ese acusica siempre va directo al profesor cada vez que alguien suelta un taco.
c. el chota (M), la chota (F) (slang) (Puerto Rico)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
Regionalism used in Puerto Rico
No one wants to be friends with that tattletale.Nadie quiere ser amiga de esa chota.
