# delatar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From delat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [də.ləˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.laˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

delatar (first-person singular present delato, first-person singular preterite delatí, past participle delatat)
* to betray, give away
    Synonym: xivar
** 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
### Further reading

* “delatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlātus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.laˈta(ʁ)/ [de.laˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.laˈta(ʁ)/ [de.laˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.laˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.laˈta(ʁ)/ [de.laˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.laˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.lɐˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.lɐˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.lɐˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: de‧la‧tar

### Verb

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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* delação

### Further reading

* “delatar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “delatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin delātus. Cognate with Scottish dialectal English delate. Also, compare English defer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /delaˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.laˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧la‧tar

### Verb

delatar (first-person singular present delato, first-person singular preterite delaté, past participle delatado)
* to inform on, squeal, to rat out
    Synonym: chivar
* give away, betray, belie, reveal
    Synonym: traicionar
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 42:Hay varios medios para hacerlos caer, cuando pasan entonando su fatídico tué, tué, tué, que es la única señal que delatar su presencia', pues son invisibles para todos los que no son Brujos.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 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)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* deferir
* delación
* delator

### Further reading

* “delatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10