gossip
A. -noun
1. (=scandal, malicious stories)   cotilleo (m), chismorreo (m)
2. (=chatter) charla (f)
·we had a good old gossip
·charlamos un buen rato
3. (=person)   cotilla masculine and feminine, chismoso (m) / chismosa (f)
B. -intransitive verb
1. (=scandalmonger) cotillear, chismorrear
2. (=chatter) charlar
C. -compound
·gossip column -noun ecos masculine plural de sociedad
·gossip columnist
·gossip writer -noun cronista masculine and feminine de sociedad