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backbite

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back·bite  (bkbt)
v. back·bit (-bt), back·bit·ten (-btn), back·bit·ing, back·bites
v.tr.
To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another).
v.intr.
To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.
backbiter n.
backbite [ˈbækˌbaɪt]
vb -bites, -biting, -bit, ; ; -bitten, -bit
to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
backbiter  n
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Verb1.backbite - say mean thingsbackbite - say mean things                      
bitch
kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
Translations
backbite [ˈbækbaɪt]
A. VI → murmurar
B. VT [+ absent person] → hablar mal de
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He could not backbite, nor envy, nor prevaricate, nor jump at mean motives for generous acts.
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