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/Sounds like "bah" (as in "bar") + "TEER" (as in "tea")/

Meaning

In Peru, to snitch on or rat out someone, telling on what they did to get them in trouble. The person who "bate" is the group's informant.

Examples

Don't rat me out to my mom, bro.

Someone snitched on him and that's why they fired him.

Regional synonyms

A fair-skinned, blonde, or red-haired person. Used casually in Panama, Costa Rica, and Honduras, "fulo" is not an insult, just an everyday physical descriptor. In places where most people have darker features, a fulo stands out and the nickname tends to stick for life.