chisme
- (masculine) gossip
- (masculine) trinket, gadget
- (colloquial, masculine) thingy (something whose name one cannot recall)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
chis‧me
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃisme/
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.
whatchamacallum
roun
gadget
flat car
artilugio
vaina Central America
cuecho
pruebas de oídas
cuecho
bochínche
chacualiar
chismerejo
bochínche
truc
pettegolezzo
Klatsch
xafarderia
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