chiste

See also: chisté

Middle English

Noun

chiste

  1. Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)

Spanish

Etymology

From chistar, to joke, from chist, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiste/, [ˈt͡ʃist̪e]

Noun

chiste m (plural chistes)

  1. joke (told joke)
  2. essence, importance, matter or purpose of something:
    El chiste es conseguir trabajo
    the matter (or purpose) is to get a job

See also

Verb

chiste

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chistar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of chistar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of chistar.

Further reading

Tarantino

Pronoun

chiste m pl

  1. these, these ones
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