joke

la broma

noun

joke
[dʒəʊk]
sustantivo
1broma (f) chiste (m) (funny remark); chiste (funny story); broma (prank, trick)
  • to tell or crack a joke -> contar un chiste
  • to make a joke about something -> hacer una broma or bromear sobre algo
  • to make a joke of something -> pretender que algo era en broma
  • to say/do something for a joke -> decir/hacer algo en or de broma
  • to play a joke on somebody -> gastar una broma a alguien
  • the joke was on him when he had to… -> la broma le salió rana cuando tuvo que…
  • she can't take a joke -> no sabe aguantar una broma
  • that's or it's no joke! -> ¡no es cosa de broma!
  • it's getting beyond a joke -> esto ya pasa de castaño oscuro
2(familiar)
  • to be a joke -> ser un/una inútil, no valer (person) un duro or (español de España) ni cinco; (Am) ser de chiste (thing)
verbo intransitivo
3bromear
  • to joke about something -> bromear acerca de algo
  • to joke with somebody -> bromear con alguien
  • I'm not joking -> (hablo) en serio
  • I was only joking -> estaba de broma
  • you're joking!, you must be joking! -> ¡no hablarás en serio!; (expressing surprise) ¡ni hablar! (expressing refusal)
  • joking apart… -> bromas aparte…, fuera de broma…

joke [youk]
sustantivo
1Chanza, dicho o hecho burlesco, burla, chocarrería.
  • In joke -> en chanza, de burlas, en zumba
  • A ready joke -> un dichito al caso
  • A practical joke -> un bromazo, un petardo, una mala pasada
  • A sorry joke -> una broma pesada
  • A crack a joke -> decir un chiste, una agudeza; hacer el gracioso
  • To play a joke on -> gastar una broma
  • It’s no joke, no tiene ninguna gracia. She can’t take a joke, no aguanta las bromas, no le gusta que le tomen el pelo ¡You must be joking -> ¡no lo dices en serio
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Chancear, chancearse, usar de chanza (n)
sustantivo

joke [dʒəʊk]
noun
(witticism, story) chiste; (m) (practical joke) broma; (f) (hoax) broma; (f) (person) hazmerreír; (m)
what sort of a joke is this? ¿qué clase de broma es esta?; the joke is that ... lo gracioso es que ...
to take sth as a jokeas tomar algo a broma
to treat sth as a joke tomar algo a broma
it's (gone) beyond a jokebeyond (Britain) esto no tiene nada de gracioso
to crack a jokecrack hacer un chiste
to crack jokes with sb contarse chistes con algn; they spent an evening cracking jokes together pasaron una tarde contándose chistes
for a jokefor en broma
one can have a joke with herhave tiene mucho sentido del humor
is that your idea of a joke?idea ¿es que eso tiene gracia?
he will have his little jokelittle siempre está con sus bromas
to make a jokemake hacer un chiste;about sth sobre algo
he made a joke of the disaster se tomó el desastre a risa
it's no jokeno no tiene nada de divertido
two hours on a bus is no joke a 50-hour working week is no joke
it's no joke having to go out in this weather no tiene nada de divertido salir con este tiempo
the joke is on youon la broma la pagas tú
to play a joke on sbplay gastar una broma a algn
I don't see the jokesee no le veo la gracia
verbal or practical
he's a standing jokestanding es un pobre hombre
it's a standing joke here aquí eso siempre provoca risa
I can take a joketake tengo mucha correa mucho aguante;or
he can't take a joke no le gusta que le tomen el pelo
to tell a joketell contar un chiste;about sth sobre algo
why do you have to turn everything into a joke?turn ¿eres incapaz de tomar nada en serio?
what a joke!what (humorous) ¡qué gracia!; (ironic)
verb:intransitive
(make jokes) contar chistes; hacer chistes; (be frivolous) bromear
to joke about sth/sb
to joke about sth (make jokes about) contar chistes sobre algo; (make light of) tomarse algo a risa; I was only joking lo dije en broma; no iba en serio; I'm not joking hablo en serio
you're joking! you must be joking! ¡no lo dices en serio!
modifier
joke book (n) libro de chistes; (m)

Verb Conjugation for "joke"

Imperative
  • joke
  • you joke
  • he/she jokes
  • we joke
  • you joke
  • they joke
Preterite
  • I joked
  • you joked
  • he/she joked
  • we joked
  • you joked
  • they joked
Present Continuous
  • I am joking
  • you are joking
  • he/she is joking
  • we are joking
  • you are joking
  • they are joking
Present Perfect
  • I have joked
  • you have joked
  • he/she has joked
  • we have joked
  • you have joked
  • they have joked
Past Continuous
  • I was joking
  • you were joking
  • he/she was joking
  • we were joking
  • you were joking
  • they were joking
Past Perfect
  • I had joked
  • you had joked
  • he/she had joked
  • we had joked
  • you had joked
  • they had joked
Future
  • I will joke
  • you will joke
  • he/she will joke
  • we will joke
  • you will joke
  • they will joke
Future Perfect
  • I will have joked
  • you will have joked
  • he/she will have joked
  • we will have joked
  • you will have joked
  • they will have joked
Future Continuous
  • I will be joking
  • you will be joking
  • he/she will be joking
  • we will be joking
  • you will be joking
  • they will be joking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been joking
  • you have been joking
  • he/she has been joking
  • we have been joking
  • you have been joking
  • they have been joking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been joking
  • you will have been joking
  • he/she will have been joking
  • we will have been joking
  • you will have been joking
  • they will have been joking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been joking
  • you had been joking
  • he/she had been joking
  • we had been joking
  • you had been joking
  • they had been joking
Paid English to Spanish translation

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