chiste

joke

chiste(

chees

teh

)

A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).

masculine noun

1. (short, funny story)

a. joke

¿Oíste el chiste sobre lo que le dijo un tamal a otro tamal?Did you hear the joke about what one tamal said to another tamal?

2. (trick)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

a. prank

Ven, vamos a hacerle un chiste al profesor.Come on, we're going to pull a prank on the professor.

3. (difficulty)

a. trick

Preparar un buen café no tiene chiste. ¡Cualquiera lo puede hacer!There's no trick to making a good cup of coffee. Anyone can do it!

chistes

A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

plural noun

4. (short, funny stories)

a. joking

Todos en la oficina tenemos veintipico, así que hay mucho chismorreo y chistes de todo tipo, como te puedes imaginar.All of us in the office are in our twenties, so there's a lot of gossiping and joking of all kinds, as you can imagine.

chiste

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (cuento)

a. joke

contar chistesto tell jokes

2. (fig)

no tiene ningún chistethere's nothing special about it

chiste coloradodirty joke

3. (broma)

a. joke, prank

hacerle un chiste a alguiento play a joke o prank on somebody

chiste

joke

caer en el chiste to get the joke; get it; dar en el chiste to guess right; hacer chiste de algo

tomar algo a chiste to take sth as a joke

tiene chiste it's funny; no veo el chiste I don't get it

chiste verde blue joke; dirty joke

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Examples

Phrases

es un chiste	it's a joke
chiste de Pepito	Pepito joke
cuéntame un chiste	tell me a joke
el chiste se cuenta solo	the joke tells itself
¡Uy, así qué chiste!	What's the fun in that?
qué chiste	what joke