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chisme.

gossip

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡ʃisme/[ˈt͡ʃiz.me]
  1. gossip

    countable · masculine · uncountable
    revista de chismes
    ¡Eso no son más que chismes!
  2. trinket, gadget

    masculine
  3. thingy (something whose name one cannot recall)

    colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈt͡ʃisme/[ˈt͡ʃiz.me]
  1. bedbug

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Spanish çisme f, from Latin cīmicem m. Initial consonant altered presumably by association with the synonymous doublet chinche.

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