fink

soplón, chivato

Persona que cuenta en secreto a la policía u otra autoridad las faltas de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who secretly tells the police or another authority about someone else’s wrongdoing.

• Someone in the gang was a fink.
• The fink gave their names to the police.
• They stopped trusting him after discovering he was a fink.

Sinónimos: informer, snitch, rat

Expresiones frecuentes: police fink, a dirty fink

canalla, miserable

Insulto para una persona que desagrada por comportarse mal o de manera injusta.

En inglés sencillo: A person you dislike because they behave badly or unfairly.

• That fink stole my lunch.
• What kind of fink cheats his own friends?
• She called him a rotten fink for breaking his promise.

Sinónimos: jerk, rat

Expresiones frecuentes: a rotten fink, that little fink

esquirol

Persona que trabaja mientras los demás trabajadores dejan de hacerlo como protesta.

En inglés sencillo: A person who works while other workers refuse to work as a protest.

• The strikers called him a fink.
• Finks entered the factory through a side gate.
• The company hired finks to keep production going during the strike.

Sinónimos: strikebreaker, scab

Expresiones frecuentes: hire a fink, strikebreaking fink

pájaro tejedor

Tipo de pájaro tejedor que vive en el sur de África.

En inglés sencillo: A kind of weaver bird found in southern Africa.

• A fink landed on the branch.
• We watched finks build nests from grass.
• The guide identified the small bird as a fink.

Sinónimos: weaver bird

Expresiones frecuentes: a nesting fink, a southern african fink

delatar, chivarse

Contar a una autoridad las faltas de alguien, traicionando su confianza.

En inglés sencillo: To tell an authority about someone’s wrongdoing, breaking their trust.

• Please don’t fink on me.
• Someone finked to the police about the stolen car.
• He finked on his friends to avoid punishment.

Cómo se usa: fink on someone (She finked on her brother for taking the money.); fink to someone (He finked to the teacher about our plan.)

Sinónimos: inform, snitch, rat

Expresiones frecuentes: fink on someone, fink to someone