How would you translate this
In French, how would you say "telling on someone"?

It means "giving out information about someone's bad behavior or secret". For example when a kid tells his parents about his sister who secretly broke the vase

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How would you translate this
In French, how would you say "telling on someone"?

It means "giving out information about someone's bad behavior or secret". For example when a kid tells his parents about his sister who secretly broke the vase

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You should use the verb "dénoncer". As an example: Le garçon a dénoncé sa sœur à ses parents parce qu'elle avait cassé le vase OR Le garçon a dénoncé sa sœur qui avait cassé le vase.

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