chiste

chiste

1. Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)

From chistar (“to joke”), from chist, of imitative origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiste/ [ˈt͡ʃis.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -iste
• Syllabification: chis‧te

chiste m (plural chistes)

1. joke (told joke)

   Synonym: broma

2. essence, importance, matter or purpose of something

   El chiste es conseguir trabajo

   the matter (or purpose) is to get a job

• cuentachistes

• chistoso
• chistar

chiste

1. inflection of chistar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “chiste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

chiste m pl

1. these, these ones