chite
Spanish, interjection/ˈt͡ʃite/
chite is spelled C-H-I-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chite is a Spanish interjection meaning “shit!” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se usa para exigir silencio”.
What does chite mean in English?
interjection
- 1
vulgarshit!
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Se usa para exigir silencio.
noun: 1. Árbol o arbolillo, que en Colombia es usado para preparar carboncillo para dibujar.
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 chite
- ¡chite! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chite?
- /ˈt͡ʃite/
- [ˈt͡ʃi.t̪e]
- [ˈt͡ʃit̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chite in Spanish?
chite appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).