chisme
Meaning
- (masculine) gossip
- (masculine) trinket, gadget
- (colloquial, masculine) thingy (something whose name one cannot recall)
Concepts
whatchamacallum
roun
gadget
flat car
Synonyms
artilugio
vaina Central America
cuecho
pruebas de oídas
cuecho
bochínche
chacualiar
chismerejo
bochínche
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.
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