cháchara

chatter

USAGE NOTE

This word is often used in the plural in the sense shown in 2).

cháchara(chah-chah-rah)

feminine noun

1. (smalltalk)

a. chatter

A mis amigos les encanta la cháchara y rechazan hablar de temas interesantes.

My friends love chatter and refuse to talk about anything interesting.

b. chitchat

Dejen la cháchara y hagan algo útil.

Quit the chitchat and do something useful.

2. (knickknack)

(Mexico)

a. junk

Hasta que no me mudé, no me di cuenta de la cantidad de chácharas que guardaba.

It wasn't until I moved that I realized how much junk I was holding on to.

b. bric-a-brac

Si tiraras todas esas chácharas tendrías mucho más espacio.

If you threw away all that bric-a-brac, you'd have much more space.

cháchara

Noun

1. (colloquial)

a. chatter, nattering

estar de chácharato have a natter

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cháchara

1 chatter; chit-chat (familiar)

estar de cháchara to chatter; gab (familiar)

se pasa todo el día de cháchara ya lleva un buen rato de cháchara

2 chácharas (México) (trastos) junk

singular

; (s)

3 (And) (chiste) joke