To blab or broadcast someone else's private business to different social circles.
- I heard you have been bocineando about me buying a car. You are such a snitch! (In Argentina, calling someone a boton means they are a snitch or informer).
A slang term for a security guard or police officer. It is also used to mean a snitch or a rat (in Argentina, the word vigilante and its variants refer to both law enforcement and people who report others to authority).
The other day this vigi went and told the boss everything.
A derogatory term for a police officer or security guard. It is also used to describe a snitch or someone who gossips about others' private matters. (The term originates from the metallic buttons on old police uniforms).
Man, you are such a botón, going around telling everyone in the neighborhood things about my mom.
A snitch or rat who compulsively exposes others, whether the information is true or not. Unlike a gossip who just talks behind people's backs, a buchón takes the info directly to the people who will be most pissed off or hurt by it. It is usually used as a harsh insult.
Remember my cousin Ramon? I had not seen him in five years, ran into him at a bar while I was with a client, and when I got home I had a huge mess because he had already called my wife and my mother to say I was kissing a woman and that we were holding hands. The damn guy turned out to be a total buchón!
A snitch or tattletale who reports others' mistakes or rule-breaking without being asked. Unlike a spy who acts for money or a cause, a buche acts out of personal interest and only when convenient. They are less compulsive than a buchón, choosing their moments to tell on others for their own benefit.
They padlocked the balcony door; some buche told them we were going out that way to smoke.
A term for a person with a large or protruding stomach. It is also used to describe a child with a bloated belly (which is culturally associated with having intestinal parasites).
Here comes the tripon from the corner; mommy, mommy, I am all tripon; that old lady is a little triponcita.