"chisme" meaning in Spanish

See chisme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃisme/, [ˈt͡ʃiz.me] Forms: chismes [plural]
Rhymes: -isme Etymology: Uncertain. A connection to cisma (“schism; discord”) has been proposed on the grounds that rumours can cause strife. Coromines considers it more likely to be a further evolution of etymology 2 below. Etymology templates: {{etymid|es|rumour}}, {{unc|es}} Uncertain Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} chisme m (plural chismes)
  1. gossip Tags: masculine Synonyms: cahuín, copucha, cotilleo, pelambre, chambre
    Sense id: en-chisme-es-noun-3XOi98eY
  2. trinket, gadget Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chisme-es-noun-QT-z-IoN Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Talking Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 6 73 14 6 Disambiguation of Talking: 13 47 25 14
  3. (colloquial) thingy (something whose name one cannot recall) Tags: colloquial, masculine Synonyms: coso, chirimbolo
    Sense id: en-chisme-es-noun-jUrIrewz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cacharro Derived forms: chismear, chismografía, chismorrear, chismorreo, chismoso
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃisme/, [ˈt͡ʃiz.me] Forms: chismes [plural]
Rhymes: -isme Etymology: From Old Spanish çisme f, from Latin cīmicem m. Initial consonant altered presumably by association with the synonymous doublet chinche. Etymology templates: {{etymid|es|bug}}, {{inh|es|osp|çisme|g=f}} Old Spanish çisme f, {{inh|es|la|cimex|cīmicem|g=m}} Latin cīmicem m, {{doublet|es|chinche|notext=1}} chinche Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} chisme f (plural chismes), {{tlb|es|obsolete}} (obsolete)
  1. bedbug Tags: feminine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-chisme-es-noun-VYcObgbi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chismografía"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chismorrear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chismorreo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chismoso"
    }
  ],
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tsismis"
    },
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tsismis"
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. A connection to cisma (“schism; discord”) has been proposed on the grounds that rumours can cause strife. Coromines considers it more likely to be a further evolution of etymology 2 below.",
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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    }
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          "english": "gossip magazine",
          "text": "revista de chismes",
          "translation": "gossip magazine",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "That's just gossip!",
          "text": "¡Eso no son más que chismes!",
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          "english": "Alberto, gossip ages, like people.",
          "ref": "2019, Pedro Almodóvar, Dolor y gloria (motion picture), spoken by Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas):",
          "text": "Alberto, los chismes envejecen, como una persona.",
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        },
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          "word": "copucha"
        },
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          "word": "cotilleo"
        },
        {
          "word": "pelambre"
        },
        {
          "word": "chambre"
        }
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      "id": "en-chisme-es-noun-QT-z-IoN",
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      ],
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        },
        {
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        }
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃisme/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiz.me]"
    },
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    }
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      "word": "cacharro"
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          "english": "[The Latin word] cīmex, -icis means 'bedbug'",
          "ref": "1507, Antonio de Nebrija, Vocabularius:",
          "text": "Cimex,icis por la chisme o chinche",
          "translation": "[The Latin word] cīmex, -icis means 'bedbug'",
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiz.me]"
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    }
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          "english": "That's just gossip!",
          "text": "¡Eso no son más que chismes!",
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          "word": "cotilleo"
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          "word": "pelambre"
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