chiacchieri

Chiacchieri is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Italian verb chiacchierare, which means to chat or to gossip. It is used with the subject tu and translates to "you chat" or "you are chatting" in English. Chiacchierare is a regular -are verb, so its other present forms include io chiacchiero, lui/lei chiacchiera, noi chiacchieriamo, voi chiacchiarate, loro chiacchierano.

In ordinary Italian, chiacchieri appears in everyday speech and writing to describe casual conversation. The phrase fare due chiacchiere, meaning to have a brief chat, relies on the noun chiacchiera/chiacchiere as a countable form of a chat. This idiom is common across many regions and registers, especially in informal contexts.

Notes and distinctions: chiacchieri is a verb form, not a standalone noun, so it does not carry the meaning of gossip or a pastry by itself. Those senses are associated with the noun chiacchiere (plural) or with specific regional terms. Chiacchiere (with final -ere) is also the name of a traditional Italian fried pastry known in various regions as frappe, crostoli, or bugie, which is unrelated to the verb form but shares the same root in everyday language about talking. In standard Italian, careful context usually makes it clear whether chiacchieri refers to talking, or whether chiacchiere refers to gossip or the pastry.