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Chiste/Vocab #4

Updated: Jun 19, 2020


Q:Why did the chicken cross the road? (Por qué el pollo ha atrevesado la calle?)

A: To learn what 'chiste' means in English (Para aprender qué signifíca chiste en ingles)


With this extremely cheesy joke aside, today I will be exploring the word 'chiste' in my vocab series.




Chiste

Noun

Meaning: Joke, as in a short funny story, prank, or trick (anything to make someone laugh)


P.S Contar chistes means "to tell jokes"


Method to memorize: Chiste kind of sounds like "cheese sticks" Think of this joke:

Knock Kncok

Who's there?

Cheese stick

Cheese stick who?

I was just telling you a chiste!


Word origin:

Chiste comes from the verb chistar, meaning "to call to attention, to speak"


My example sentences:


Entiendes los chistes de mi tío? Creo que ellos no son graciosos.

Do you understand my uncle's jokes? I think they aren't funny


El chiste favorito de mi papá es: No me llames "más tarde¨¨, llámame ¨papá¨

My dad's favorite joke is: "Don't call me later, call me dad"


El lunes vamos a hacer un chiste al profesor.

On Monday, we're going to pull a prank on the teacher


Thanks for reading! Come back for next week's word of the week!

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