delatar
Catalan
Etymology
From delat.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /də.ləˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.laˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
delatar (first-person singular present delato, 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.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of delatar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | delatar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | 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 | |
| — | delata | delati | delatem | delateu | delatin | ||
Further reading
- “delatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēlātus.
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
Conjugation of delatar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | delatar | |||||
| Personal | delatar | delatares | delatar | delatarmos | delatardes | delatarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| delatando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | delatado | delatados | ||||
| Feminine | delatada | delatadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | delato | delatas | delata | delatamos | delatais | delatam |
| Imperfect | delatava | delatavas | delatava | delatávamos | delatáveis | delatavam |
| Preterite | delatei | delataste | delatou | delatamos1, delatámos2 | delatastes | delataram |
| Pluperfect | delatara | delataras | delatara | delatáramos | delatáreis | delataram |
| Future | delatarei | delatarás | delatará | delataremos | delatareis | delatarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| delataria | delatarias | delataria | delataríamos | delataríeis | delatariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | delate | delates | delate | delatemos | delateis | delatem |
| Imperfect | delatasse | delatasses | delatasse | delatássemos | delatásseis | delatassem |
| Future | delatar | delatares | delatar | delatarmos | delatardes | delatarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | delata | delate | delatemos | delatai | delatem | |
| Negative (não) | não delates | não delate | não delatemos | não delateis | não delatem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Further reading
- “delatar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “delatar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Latin delātus. Cognate with Scottish dialectal English delate. Also, compare English defer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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 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 quote)
- to betray
- Synonym: traicionar
Conjugation
Conjugation of delatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | delatar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | delatando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | delatado | delatada | |||||
| plural | delatados | delatadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | delato | delatastú delatásvos | delata | delatamos | delatáis | delatan | |
| imperfect | delataba | delatabas | delataba | delatábamos | delatabais | delataban | |
| preterite | delaté | delataste | delató | delatamos | delatasteis | delataron | |
| future | delataré | delatarás | delatará | delataremos | delataréis | delatarán | |
| conditional | delataría | delatarías | delataría | delataríamos | delataríais | delatarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | delate | delatestú delatésvos2 | delate | delatemos | delatéis | delaten | |
| imperfect (ra) | delatara | delataras | delatara | delatáramos | delatarais | delataran | |
| imperfect (se) | delatase | delatases | delatase | delatásemos | delataseis | delatasen | |
| future1 | delatare | delatares | delatare | delatáremos | delatareis | delataren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | delatatú delatávos | delate | delatemos | delatad | delaten | ||
| negative | no delates | no delate | no delatemos | no delatéis | no delaten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of delatar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive delatar | |||||||
| dative | delatarme | delatarte | delatarle, delatarse | delatarnos | delataros | delatarles, delatarse | |
| accusative | delatarme | delatarte | delatarlo, delatarla, delatarse | delatarnos | delataros | delatarlos, delatarlas, delatarse | |
| with gerund delatando | |||||||
| dative | delatándome | delatándote | delatándole, delatándose | delatándonos | delatándoos | delatándoles, delatándose | |
| accusative | delatándome | delatándote | delatándolo, delatándola, delatándose | delatándonos | delatándoos | delatándolos, delatándolas, delatándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative delata | |||||||
| dative | delátame | delátate | delátale | delátanos | not used | delátales | |
| accusative | delátame | delátate | delátalo, delátala | delátanos | not used | delátalos, delátalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative delatá | |||||||
| dative | delatame | delatate | delatale | delatanos | not used | delatales | |
| accusative | delatame | delatate | delatalo, delatala | delatanos | not used | delatalos, delatalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative delate | |||||||
| dative | deláteme | not used | delátele, delátese | delátenos | not used | deláteles | |
| accusative | deláteme | not used | delátelo, delátela, delátese | delátenos | not used | delátelos, delátelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative delatemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | delatémoste | delatémosle | delatémonos | delatémoos | delatémosles | |
| accusative | not used | delatémoste | delatémoslo, delatémosla | delatémonos | delatémoos | delatémoslos, delatémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative delatad | |||||||
| dative | delatadme | not used | delatadle | delatadnos | delataos | delatadles | |
| accusative | delatadme | not used | delatadlo, delatadla | delatadnos | delataos | delatadlos, delatadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative delaten | |||||||
| dative | delátenme | not used | delátenle | delátennos | not used | delátenles, delátense | |
| accusative | delátenme | not used | delátenlo, delátenla | delátennos | not used | delátenlos, delátenlas, delátense | |
Related terms
- deferir
- delación
- delator
Further reading
- “delatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014