¿Broma o en serio? Expresiones coloquiales para reír y dudar

Mini-quiz (3 situaciones) para elegir la expresión coloquial correcta al bromear o mostrar incredulidad.

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Colloquialisms and slang Jokes and memes Idioms Verbs

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tomar el pelo vacilar estar de coña estar de cachondeo ¡Venga ya!Ni de coña

—Me han subido el sueldo un 200%.
—____ ¿En serio?

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Hints for this Quiz

We’re looking for a short interjection showing surprise/skepticism, not refusal.

"¡Venga ya!" is the natural reaction of disbelief to an unbelievable piece of news. "Ni de coña" is more often used as a categorical refusal / "no way" or a strong "come on, never" in reply to an offer. Compare typical reactions in colloquial speech: ¡Venga ya! and ni de coña.

Think of the word that describes a "party / revelry and jokes" as the overall background.

"Estar de cachondeo" refers to a noisy, jokey, not-serious atmosphere (often in a group). "Estar de coña" also means "to joke around", but "cachondeo" better describes the general mood of the whole evening and even a bit of a "mess".

It’s a youth slang verb meaning "to tease / wind someone up", in the -ando form.

"Vacilar (a alguien)" in Spain means "to tease, to wind someone up, to prank" (very colloquial, especially among young people). Set phrase: "¿Me estás vacilando?" = "Are you kidding me?"

Look for the fixed expression literally "to take (someone) by the hair" → "to pull someone’s leg / prank".

The idiom "tomar el pelo (a alguien)" = "to prank / to mislead someone as a joke". It’s the most universal option, understood by all age groups.

It should be a strong rejection: "no way, absolutely not!"

"Ni de coña" is a categorical refusal / "no way", very colloquial. It’s different from "¡Venga ya!" (more like disbelief / "yeah, right").

Fill in the phrase you often hear after an unbelievable line: "¿Estás ___?"

"Estar de coña" = "to be joking, to be kidding". This is how you check: "Are you joking right now?"

We need the word that describes the group’s overall "fun, not-serious mood".

To describe the whole group and the general atmosphere of "laughing, joking, a bit of chaos but in a fun way", people more often say "estar de cachondeo". "Estar de coña" is more often about a specific line / joke moment.

We’re looking for a short exclamation of skepticism, not refusal.

Here we expect something like "No way!" as spontaneous doubt: "¡Venga ya!". "Ni de coña" would sound like refusal ("no, I won’t"), not pure disbelief.