chat

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʃæt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/tʃæt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(chat)

Inflections of 'chat' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
chats
v 3rd person singular
chatting
v pres p
chatted
v past
chatted
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
chat⇒ vi (talk lightly)charlar⇒ vi
  conversar⇒ vi
  (más usado en México)platicar⇒ vi
 People chatted before the meeting began.
 Los asistentes charlaban antes de que empezara la reunión.
chat vi (talk online) (fam, anglic)chatear⇒ vi
 Teenagers chat on their computers.
 A los adolescentes les gusta chatear.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
chat n (casual talk)charla nf
  conversación nf
 The ladies had a nice chat.
 Las señoras mantuvieron una charla entretenida.
chat n (online conversation) (fam, anglic)chateo nm
 Should we start a chat among the three of us?
 Hagamos un chateo entre los tres.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
chat [sb] up vtr phrasal sep UK, informal (try to seduce [sb])seducir a vtr + prep
  camelar a, galantear a vtr + prep
  (AR, coloquial)chamuyar a vtr + prep
  (MX, coloquial)ligarse a v prnl + prep
 When he goes to restaurants, he always tries to chat up the waitresses.
 Cuando va a restaurantes siempre trata de seducir a las camareras.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
chat away v expr (converse enthusiastically)charlar⇒ vi
  conversar⇒ vi
  hablar⇒ vi
Note: often used in continuous tenses
 The two elderly ladies were soon chatting away happily as though they had known each other all their lives.
chat room,
chatroom
n
(internet conversation site) (voz inglesa)chat nm
 We met in a chatroom for singles, and later began dating.
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Se conocieron a través de un chat en la red.
  sala de chat loc nom f
 Nos conocimos a través de una sala de chat para solteros, y luego empezamos a salir.
chat-up line n UK, informal ([sth] said to seduce)requiebro nm
  (AR)chamuyo nm
 The boy tried to gain the girl's attention with his chat-up lines.
 El chico trataba de atraer la atención de las chicas con sus requiebros.
chitchat,
also UK: chit-chat
n
informal (informal conversation)charla nm
  cháchara nf
  (coloquial)comadreo nm
  (AmC, CO, VE: coloquial)paja nf
 Shh, you two! Your incessant chit-chat is unbearable!
 Silencio, por favor; ¡la charla de ustedes dos es insoportable!
cri du chat,
cat's cry syndrome
(disease)síndrome del maullido del gato loc nom m
friendly chat n (informal conversation)charla amigable nf
 Her boss asked her into his office for "a friendly chat", but she knew she was in trouble!
 Su jefe le pidió que entrara a su despacho para tener una "charla amigable", pero ella supo que tenía un problema.
have a good chat v expr (converse at length)hablar largo y tendido loc verb
 I had a good chat with an old friend down at the market yesterday.
 They hadn't seen each other for years and welcomed the chance to have a good chat.
 Hablé largo y tendido con un viejo amigo ayer en el mercado. // No se habían visto en años y aprovecharon la oportunidad para hablar largo y tendido.
pas de chat (ballet) (voz francesa)pas de chat loc nom m
talk show (US),
chat show (UK)
n
(TV interview program)programa de entrevistas nm + loc adj
 I don't recognise any of the celebrities on this talk show.
 No reconozco a ninguna de las celebridades en este programa de entrevistas.
web chat n (typed online conversation)chat nm
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'chat' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

Collocations: chat online, a [long, brief, short, quick, little, good] chat (with), in a chat room, more...

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