chivato
Spanish
Etymology
From chivar + -ato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈbato/ [t͡ʃiˈβ̞a.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: chi‧va‧to
Noun
chivato m (plural chivatos, feminine chivata, feminine plural chivatas)
- a snitch; telltale; informer; stool pigeon
- Synonyms: acusete, chivo, delator, informante, sapo, soplón
- 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
Derived terms
- chivatazo
Related terms
- chivo
- chivarse
Further reading
- “chivato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014