chirrido, grating, squeaking.

chismes, m. pl., gossip, tattling.

chismoso, tale-bearer.

chismosón, -a (aug.), tattler.

chispa, spark; (fig.) bright fellow; —s, fire and flames.

chiste, m., witty saying, joke.

chivito, -a, kid.

chocar (en), to strike (against); —se, to strike against one another.

choque, m., shock, clang, collision.

choricero, sausage-seller.