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Midnight Beaver
Jul 12
give me the chisme is basically give me the tea, very satisfying translation
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Spry Raccoon
Jul 11
my aunt says no soy chismosa, soy informada, and then tells everything
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Trusty Pangolin
Jul 3
I learned the object meaning late and it confused me so bad. why is the screwdriver gossip??
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Soft Raccoon
Jul 3
esta palabra es puro grupo de whatsapp de familia
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Placid Gopher
Jul 1
fofoca in Brazilian Portuguese is the word my brain reaches for here, not rumor
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Witty Owl
Jun 28
chismecito makes every scandal sound smaller than it is lol
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Quick Bobcat
Jun 26
The little-object meaning is not only for fancy gadgets. My Spanish teacher used it for the plastic bit on a window blind, the cable thing, any small object whose name nobody wanted to remember.
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Smoky Sloth
Jun 23
Te tengo un chisme is a whole opener by itself. In English it is closer to have I got something to tell you than to I have a rumor.
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Dashing Okapi
Jun 23
chismoso is stronger than chisme imo. Someone can say quiero el chisme and sound normal, but eres un chismoso can land like an insult unless you are joking with friends.
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Perky Pony
Jun 19
In Spain I hear cotilleo/cotillear more for the gossip sense. Chisme is understood, but in my flat it was more often the random object: pasame ese chisme de ahi.
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Mossy Wren
Jun 17
For English learners, dont translate un chisme as a gossip unless you mean a gossipy person. The thing you tell someone is a piece of gossip, some gossip, or just tea if the tone is casual
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Spry Gazelle
Jun 15
In Mexico echar el chisme can be softer than it sounds in English. It can mean sitting around talking, catching up, maybe gossiping a little, not necessarily attacking someone.