caer en el chiste
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to fall in the joke”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˌeɾ en el ˈt͡ʃiste/ [kaˌeɾ ẽn elʲ ˈt͡ʃis.t̪e]
- Syllabification: ca‧er en el chis‧te
Verb
caer en el chiste (first-person singular present caigo en el chiste, first-person singular preterite caí en el chiste, past participle caído en el chiste)
- (idiomatic) to play along (with a joke)
Further reading
- “caer en el chiste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024