tattle

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtætəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtætəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tat′l)

Inflections of 'tattle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
tattles
v 3rd person singular
tattling
v pres p
tattled
v past
tattled
v past p
  • WordReference
  • Collins
  • WR Reverse (9)
  • Definition
  • Synonyms

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
tattle⇒ vi (gossip)chismosear⇒, chismorrear⇒ vi
 The elderly ladies met up to tattle over a cup of tea.
tattle vi US, informal (report a misdeed to an authority)delatar⇒, denunciar⇒ vtr
  acusar⇒ vtr
  (AR, coloquial)alcahuetear⇒, buchonear⇒ vtr
 Don't show Robbie; he'll tattle to the teacher.
 No le muestres a Robbie, te va a delatar con la maestra.
tattle on [sb] vi + prep US, informal, infantile (report [sb]'s misdeed) (informal)delatar a vi + prep
tattle n (gossip)chisme nm
 Don't listen to that! It's all just tattle!
tattle n US, informal (reporting of a misdeed)denuncia, acusación nf
  (AR, coloquial)buchoneada, alcahuetada nf
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
tittle-tattle n uncountable (gossip, meaningless chatter)chisme nm
tittle-tattle⇒ vi (gossip, talk idly) (AR)chusmear⇒ vi
  chismear⇒ vi
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'tattle' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
Spanish:
acusetas - charlotada - chisme - chivar - dar el cante - deschavar - espía - puterío


Forum discussions with the word(s) "tattle" in the title:

  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.
See Google Translate's machine translation of 'tattle'.

In other languages: French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Infórmanos de los anuncios inapropiados.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.