chistoso

/t͡ʃisˈtoso/ · B2 · adj

jocular, funny

😄🃏 sounds like CHEESE-toast-o: cheesy jokes on toast make you laugh

Chistoso comes from chiste, meaning joke, plus the suffix -oso (full of). So chistoso literally means full of jokes. Spot chiste inside the word and the meaning follows: funny, jocular.

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