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Spanish
Etymology
From chivato + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃibateˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: chi‧va‧te‧ar
Verb
chivatear (first-person singular present chivateo, first-person singular preterite chivateé, past participle chivateado)
- (transitive, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic) to snitch
- (intransitive, Argentina, Chile) to shout; to howl; to holler
- (intransitive, Argentina, Chile) to frolic
- (transitive, pronominal, colloquial, Cuba) Synonym of chispear
- (transitive, colloquial, Venezuela) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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