chiste
Spanish, noun
chiste is spelled C-H-I-S-T-E (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,991st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiste is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “joke (told joke)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of chistar. With an accent, chisté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of chistar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho agudo y gracioso”.
What does chiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejoke (told joke)
- 2
masculineessence, importance, matter or purpose of something
El chiste es conseguir trabajo
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of chistar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dicho agudo y gracioso. 2. Suceso gracioso y festivo. 3. Burla, chanza. 4. Especie ridícula o irrisoria.
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 chiste
- chistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chiste in Spanish?
chiste appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).