noun🔗ShareInformante, soplónOne who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer."The police arrested the suspect after an informant provided key details about the crime. "La policía arrestó al sospechoso después de que un informante proporcionara detalles clave sobre el crimen.policecommunicationlawgovernmentjoborganizationpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareInformante, hablante nativoA native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information."The linguistics professor relied on a native Japanese speaker as an informant to help the students understand the nuances of Japanese grammar and pronunciation. "El profesor de lingüística confió en un hablante nativo de japonés como informante para ayudar a los estudiantes a comprender los matices de la gramática y la pronunciación japonesas.languagelinguisticspersoncommunicationcultureeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading