soplón

/soˈplon/ · B2 · noun · m

fink

🐀 soplón = soplar (to blow, to whisper tip) + -ón, one who blows the whistle

Soplón comes from soplar, which means to blow and also slang for to tip off or leak. The suffix -ón marks a person who habitually does something. So a soplón is someone who habitually blows secrets to others, like an informer.

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