/Sounds like 'tom-beh-AR'/
To snitch to the police — giving up information or turning someone in from your own neighborhood. In Colombia, tombear is a serious betrayal of street code; a tombeador loses all trust and respect in their community.
"Lo tombearon sus propios amigos y lo agarró la policía."
"Si tombeas en este barrio no vuelves a vivir tranquilo. → His own friends snitched on him and the police caught him."
"If you snitch in this neighborhood you'll never live in peace again."
/Sounds like 'tom-beh-AR'/
To snitch to the police — giving up information or turning someone in from your own neighborhood. In Colombia, tombear is a serious betrayal of street code; a tombeador loses all trust and respect in their community.
"Lo tombearon sus propios amigos y lo agarró la policía."
"Si tombeas en este barrio no vuelves a vivir tranquilo. → His own friends snitched on him and the police caught him."
"If you snitch in this neighborhood you'll never live in peace again."