tattletale

English

Etymology

tattle +‎ tale

Adjective

tattletale (not comparable)

telltale; giveaway

Translations

telltale

German: verräterisch

Polish: skarżypyta (pl) m
Portuguese: cabueta (pt)

Noun

tattletale (plural tattletales)

One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.
Synonyms: tattler, whistle-blower, narc, snitch; see also Thesaurus:informant
One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.
Synonyms: gossip, rumourmonger; see also Thesaurus:gossiper

Translations

one who tattles

Bashkir: ошаҡсы (ošaqsï)
Cebuano: sumbongero
Finnish: juorukello (fi)
French: cafteur (fr) m, cafteuse (fr) f
German: Petze (de) f, Verpetzer m, Verpfeifer m, Anschwärzer m

Persian: چغل‎ (fa) (čoğol)
Polish: skarżypyta (pl) m or f
Russian: я́беда (ru) m or f (jábeda)
Spanish: acusica (es) f or m, cuentero (es) m, soplón m, hocicón m, correveidile (es)
Swedish: skvallerbytta (sv)

one who gossips

Bashkir: ғәйбәтсе (ğäybätse), ошаҡсы (ošaqsï)
Esperanto: klaĉemulino, klaĉemulo
French: commère (fr) f
German: Klatschbase (de) f, Quasselstrippe (de) f, Quatschtüte f, Schwätzer (de) m / Schwätzerin f, Tratschtante (de) f

Russian: спле́тник (ru) m (splétnik), спле́тница (ru) f (splétnica), болту́н (ru) m (boltún), болту́нья (ru) f (boltúnʹja), болту́шка (ru) f (boltúška)
Spanish: chismoso (es) m, hocicón m, gacetilla
Swedish: skvallertant c, sladdertacka c

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