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 © 2025:

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 © 2025:

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 © 2025:

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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Spanish:

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

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