Estoy haciendo or hago?

Question

Hi everyone! I was writing something for spanish class and one of the things I wanted to write was "I am doing nothing". I put "No estoy haciendo nada" but then I started to wonder if maybe I should put "No hago nada" because when you ask "What are you doing?" you can just say "¿Qué haces?". Is the "am doing" implied with hago or do I need the present progressive form? Thanks!

Answer 1

Estoy haciendo, or in this case, no estoy haciendo nada, means you are doing nothing RIGHT NOW. No hago nada is a more general term that does not necessarily mean at theis very instant. Hope this helps

Answer 2

¡Ni hablar! - No way

Answer 3

!Anda ya¡ I think that is one way of saying "No way"

Answer 4

So you could use "No hago nada" if you habitually do nothing, eh?

-- ¿Trabaja usted? ¿Ayuda a su madre? ¿Estudia cada día el español?

-- No, no hago mucho. A ver, no hago nada.

(Is there a Spanish equivalent for: Naaaaah? No way?)