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Spanish
Etymology
Univerbation of corre + ve + y + dile, literally “run, go and tell him/her”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /korebeiˈdile/
- Rhymes: -ile
- Syllabification: co‧rre‧vei‧di‧le
Noun
correveidile m or f by sense (plural correveidiles)
- tattler, telltale
1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:Como no disfrutaban de medios para mantener criada y como ninguna sirvienta tampoco hubiera podido soportar los bríos faunescos de los tres golfos cabelludos y los malos humores de las quisquillosas doncellas y los caprichos de las brujas dentudas, Enrique era el correveidile necesario para el buen funcionamiento de aquella coja máquina económica, y tan acostumbrado estaba a pedir a crédito, que su descaro en ese sentido era inaudito y ejemplar.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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