chimento
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃiˈmento/
chimento is spelled C-H-I-M-E-N-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chimento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gossip, typically of celebrities; tabloid gossip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comentario hecho a espaldas de una persona, a menudo con el objetivo de exponer su vida privada o bien de…”.
What does chimento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegossip, typically of celebrities; tabloid gossip
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Comentario hecho a espaldas de una persona, a menudo con el objetivo de exponer su vida privada o bien de perjudicar su reputación. 2. Información que se da en forma confidencial. 3. Comentario hecho con el propósito de generar discordia.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chimento
- chimentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chimento?
- /t͡ʃiˈmento/
- [t͡ʃiˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
- [t͡ʃiˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chimento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chimento in Spanish?
chimento appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).