chiche

• IPA^(key): /ʃiʃ/

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Inherited from Old French chiche, possibly from or related to Latin ciccum, or alternatively an expressive or onomatopoetic expression (compare Spanish chico, Catalan xic). The interjection probably derives from the "capable" sense, suggesting in its usage "not capable".

chiche (plural chiches)

1. mean, stingy

   Synonyms: mesquin, radin

2. scanty, meagre, stingy
3. (colloquial, predicative only) able, capable

chiche

1. I dare you!

• → Russian: шиш (šiš) (possible)

From Latin cicer (“chickpea”).

See pois chiche.

• “chiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Cf. Latin ciccum.

chiche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chiche)

1. miserly; stingy

• French: chiche

Borrowed from Nahuatl chichi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: chi‧che

chiche (invariable)

1. (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala) easy

   Synonym: fácil

   El examen estaba súper chiche.

   The test was super easy.

chiche m or f (masculine and feminine plural chiches)

1. (Paraguay, Bolivia, Rioplatense) dainty

chiche f (plural chiches)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico) breast (female organs)

   Synonyms: pecho, seno, teta, mama, busto

chiche m (plural chiches)

1. (colloquial, Argentina, Honduras, Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru) breast (female organs)

   Synonyms: pecho, seno, teta, mama, busto

2. (Bolivia, Southern Cone) A beautiful, small and usually delicate object.

chiche

1. inflection of chichar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “chiche”, 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
• “chiche”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010