correveidile

Spanish

Etymology

Nominalization of the phrase corre, ve y dile (literally “run, go and tell him/her”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌko.re.beiˈdi.le/, [ˌko.re.βei̯ˈði.le]

Noun

correveidile m or f (plural correveidiles)

tattler, telltale

References

“correveidile” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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