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chiste

/ˈt͡ʃiste/, [ˈt͡ʃis.t̪e]

joke

Noun 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

Verb 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.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Tu chiste me resulta gracioso sin importar el número de veces que lo escuche.

    Your joke is funny no matter how many times I hear it.

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  • Todos nos reímos con su chiste.

    We all laughed at his joke.

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  • No se trata de un chiste.

    That was not a laughing matter.

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  • Creo que los chiste que cuenta Tom son más graciosos que los que cuenta Mary.

    I think the jokes that Tom tells are funnier than the ones Mary tells.

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  • No tiene chiste decirme "Hola, ¿cómo estás?" si no tienes nada más que decir.

    There's no point telling me "Hi, how are you?" if you have nothing else to say.

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  • Hubieron algunos que no entendieron el chiste.

    There were some who didn't see the joke.

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  • María se percató de que su chiste había incomodado a Tom.

    Maria realised that her joke had caused Tom stress.

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  • Ella le contó un chiste, pero él no se rio.

    She told him a joke, but he didn't laugh.

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  • Con mi chiste la audiencia explotó de risa.

    At my joke, the audience burst into laughter.

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  • Al ser extranjero, no pude pillar el chiste.

    Being a foreigner, I couldn't catch on to the joke.

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