chiste

chiste

1. Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)

From chistar (“to joke”), from chist, of imitative origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiste/, [ˈt͡ʃist̪e]

chiste m (plural chistes)

1. joke (told joke)
2. essence, importance, matter or purpose of something:

   El chiste es conseguir trabajo

   the matter (or purpose) is to get a job

• chistoso
• chistar

• broma

chiste

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chistar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of chistar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of chistar.

• “chiste” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

chiste m pl

1. these, these ones