chisme

Meaning

  1. (masculine) gossip
  2. (masculine) trinket, gadget
  3. (colloquial, masculine) thingy (something whose name one cannot recall)

Frequency

C2
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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