delator
Portuguese, noun/de.laˈtoʁ/
delator is spelled D-E-L-A-T-O-R (7 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delator is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “informant; whistle-blower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que delata, ou denuncia um ato, um crime”.
What does delator mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinformant; whistle-blower
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que delata, ou denuncia um ato, um crime
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of delator
- delatores plural
- delatora feminine
- delatoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delator?
- Brazil /de.laˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [de.laˈtoh]
- /de.laˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delator
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delator in Portuguese?
delator appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).