| NOUN | person | yenta | (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew |
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| person | yenta | (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much |
| Meaning | (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant. | |
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| Category | Yiddish | A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words |
| Broader | shrew, termagant | A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman |
| Spanish | chismosa, entrometida | |
| Meaning | (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal. | |
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| Category | Yiddish | A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words |
| Broader | gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger | A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others |
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