delatar
Spanish, verb/delaˈtaɾ/
delatar is spelled D-E-L-A-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,127th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delatar is a Spanish verb meaning “to inform on, squeal, to rat out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acusar, denunciar a alguna persona de un delito a un juez o tribunal competente”.
What does delatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inform on, squeal, to rat out
- 2
give away, betray, belie, reveal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Acusar, denunciar a alguna persona de un delito a un juez o tribunal competente. 2. Descubrir, revelar alguna cosa. 3. Poner en evidencia algo que se hace de manera secreta.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of delatar
- delato first-person present singular
- delaté first-person preterite singular
- delatado participle past
- delatando gerund
- delatada feminine participle past
- delatados masculine participle past
- delatadas feminine participle past
- delatas indicative informal present
- delatás indicative informal present
- delata indicative present singular
- delatamos first-person indicative plural
- delatáis indicative plural present
- delatan indicative plural present
- delataba first-person imperfect indicative
- delatabas imperfect indicative second-person
- delatábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- delatabais imperfect indicative plural
- delataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delatar?
- /delaˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.laˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪elaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delatar in Spanish?
delatar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).