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chiste

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nounmasculine
  1. joketold joke
  2. essence, importance, matter or purpose of something

Forms

noun

singularchiste
pluralchistes

Used in the library

  • Jonas cuenta chistes malos en español y fuma un cigarrillo tras otro.Jonas tells bad jokes in Spanish and smokes one cigarette after another.A2Lucía en Berlín — Lucía in Berlin (A2)
  • El tío Paco bebe demasiado alcohol y empieza a contar chistes malos.Uncle Paco drinks too much alcohol and starts telling bad jokes.A2Otra vez, por favor (3) — Once more, please (3) (A2)
  • Mientras tanto, el alcalde pretende hablar de memoria y cuenta chistes molestos.Meanwhile the mayor attempts to speak from memory and tells annoying jokes.A2Otra vez, por favor (5) — Once more, please (5) (A2)
  • El señor cuenta un chiste tras otro, y la mesa se muere de risa.The man tells one joke after another, and the whole table is dying with laughter.A2La boda de Carmen — Carmen's wedding (A2)

Other ways to say it

  • bromajoke, prank, practical joke; banter (plural)

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