snitch

chivarse, delatar

Contar a una autoridad algo malo que ha hecho otra persona, a menudo considerado una traición.

En inglés sencillo: To tell someone in authority about another person’s wrongdoing, often seen as betraying that person.

• Do not snitch on me.
• Someone snitched to the teacher about our plan.
• He refused to snitch on his friends.

Cómo se usa: snitch on someone (He snitched on his friends.); snitch to someone (Someone snitched to the police about the robbery.)

Sinónimos: tell on, inform on

Expresiones frecuentes: snitch on someone, snitch to someone

birlar, hurtar

Llevarse algo a escondidas, especialmente un objeto pequeño.

En inglés sencillo: To take something secretly, especially something small.

• Who snitched my pen?
• He snitched a biscuit from the tin.
• She caught me snitching sweets from her bag.

Cómo se usa: snitch something from someone/something (She snitched a coin from his pocket.)

Sinónimos: steal, pinch, swipe

Expresiones frecuentes: snitch a biscuit, snitch something from someone

chivato, soplón

Persona que cuenta a una autoridad las faltas de otra, a menudo para causarle problemas.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who tells an authority about another person’s wrongdoing, often to get them into trouble.

• Nobody trusted the snitch.
• The gang suspected that he was a police snitch.
• They called her a snitch for telling the teacher.

Sinónimos: informer, tattletale

Expresiones frecuentes: a police snitch, call someone a snitch, a known snitch

ladrón

Persona que roba cosas.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who steals things.

• The snitch stole my wallet.
• They caught the snitch with the missing coins.
• A snitch had taken everything from his bag.

Sinónimos: thief

Expresiones frecuentes: a little snitch, catch a snitch