Spanish word

chip

Pronunciation

IPA/tʃip/

Meaning

  • masculine nounSIM card

Example

Perdí el chip del teléfono y no puedo llamar.

I lost the SIM card in my phone and I can't make calls.

Illustration for chip (SIM card)

More examples

¿Has puesto ya el chip en el móvil nuevo?

Have you already put the SIM card in the new phone?

Core concept

Plastic circuit card that plugs into a phone to connect to a mobile network.

Common phrases

  • poner el chip

    put the SIM card in

  • sacar el chip

    take the SIM card out

  • bloquear el chip

    disable the SIM card

Similar words

tarjeta SIM: Removable card containing a mobile line's subscriber information used to enable service.
SIM: Compact removable circuit card that contains a phone's subscriber identity.
eSIM: Software-managed embedded SIM profile inside a device that holds subscription credentials.

Definition in Spanish

Tomado del inglés «chip», se refiere al microchip y, en el uso popular, a la tarjeta SIM que identifica a un abonado móvil.

Word origin

A loan from English chip, with the meaning shifted in Spanish from silicon microchips to the plastic circuit card that provides subscriber identity for mobile networks.

Usage tips

  • In neutral or formal contexts 'tarjeta SIM' is preferred over the colloquial chip, and the word is treated as masculine (el chip).

Other meanings

  • microchipnoun

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