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chiva meaning in English

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chiva adjective

cool [cooler, coolest](colloquial: all right, acceptable)
adjective
[UK: kuːl] [US: ˈkuːl]

chiva noun
{f}

bus [busses](vehicle)
noun
[UK: bʌs] [US: ˈbəs]

butt [butts](remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)
noun
[UK: bʌt] [US: ˈbət]

goatee(beard at the center of the chin)
noun
[UK: ɡəʊ.ˈtiː] [US: ɡoʊ.ˈtiː]

horse [horses](slang: heroin)
noun
[UK: hɔːs] [US: ˈhɔːrs]

scoop [scoops](news learned and reported before anyone else)
noun
[UK: skuːp] [US: ˈskuːp]

chivar verb

rat [ratted, ratting, rats](to tell on someone)
verb
[UK: ræt] [US: ˈræt]

chivarse verb

blow the whistle(disclose information to the public)
verb

snitch [snitched, snitching, snitches](inform on)
verb
[UK: snɪtʃ] [US: ˈsnɪtʃ]
It is not nice to snitch, but Snow White's Prince Charming doesn't know what really happened in the tiny cottage. = No es agradable chivarse, pero el encantador Príncipe de Blancanieves no sabe lo que realmente sucedió en la diminuta cabaña.

squeal [squealed, squealing, squeals](to rat on someone)
verb
[UK: skwiːl] [US: ˈskwiːl]

chivas noun
{m-Pl}

belonging(something physical that is owned)
noun
[UK: bɪ.ˈlɒŋ.ɪŋ] [US: bɪ.ˈlɔːŋ.ɪŋ]

chivatazo noun
{m}

tip-off(A report of suspicious behaviour, especially to an authority)
noun
[UK: ˈtɪp ɒf] [US: ˈtɪp ˈɒf]

chivatear verb

snitch [snitched, snitching, snitches](inform on)
verb
[UK: snɪtʃ] [US: ˈsnɪtʃ]

chivato noun
{m}

flamboyant(tree)
noun
[UK: flæmˈbo.ɪənt] [US: flæm.ˌbɔɪənt]

idiot light(warning light)
noun

rat [rats](traitor)
noun
[UK: ræt] [US: ˈræt]

snitch(informer, usually one who betrays his group)
noun
[UK: snɪtʃ] [US: ˈsnɪtʃ]
John didn't want to be a snitch. = John no quería ser un chivato.

spy [spies](person who secretly watches)
noun
[UK: ˈspaɪ] [US: ˈspaɪ]

archivador noun
{m}

filing cabinet(piece of office furniture)
noun
[UK: ˈfaɪ.lɪŋˌk.æ.bɪ.nɪt] [US: ˈfaɪ.lɪŋˌk.æ.bɪ.nɪt]

archivar verb

archive [archived, archiving, archives](to archive)
verb
[UK: ˈɑːk.aɪv] [US: ˈɑːrˌk.aɪv]

file [filed, filing, files](to archive)
verb
[UK: faɪl] [US: ˈfaɪl]
Copy this file. = Copia este archivo.

save [saved, saving, saves](computing: to write a file to a storage medium)
verb
[UK: seɪv] [US: ˈseɪv]

cachivache noun
{m}

junk(miscellaneous items of little value)
noun
[UK: dʒʌŋk] [US: ˈdʒəŋk]
Take this junk out of here. = Quite de aquí estos cachivaches.

pegar un chivatazo verb

squeal [squealed, squealing, squeals](to rat on someone)
verb
[UK: skwiːl] [US: ˈskwiːl]