chistar
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃisˈtaɾ/
chistar is spelled C-H-I-S-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 78,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chistar is a Spanish verb meaning “to speak, normally in negation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prorrumpir en alguna voz o hacer ademán de hablar”.
What does chistar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to speak, normally in negation
- 2
to call attention
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prorrumpir en alguna voz o hacer ademán de hablar. 2. Resollar 3. Refunfuñar, protestar.
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 chistar
- chisto first-person present singular
- chisté first-person preterite singular
- chistado participle past
- chistando gerund
- chistada feminine participle past
- chistados masculine participle past
- chistadas feminine participle past
- chistas indicative informal present
- chistás indicative informal present
- chista indicative present singular
- chistamos first-person indicative plural
- chistáis indicative plural present
- chistan indicative plural present
- chistaba first-person imperfect indicative
- chistabas imperfect indicative second-person
- chistábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- chistabais imperfect indicative plural
- chistaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chistar?
- /t͡ʃisˈtaɾ/
- [t͡ʃisˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chistar in Spanish?
chistar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).