¡No manches!
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “¡No manches!” mean?
No way! / You're kidding!
Example
“¡No manches, güey! ¿Te vas a vivir a Japón?”
No way, dude! You're moving to Japan?
Good to know
The softer, family-friendly version of the vulgar '¡No mames!'.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: ¡No puede ser!
Heard in a conversation
I got the job!
Karla ¡Güey, no manches, me dieron la chamba! 😭🎉
dude no way I got the job!!! 😭🎉
Dani ¿¡Neta!? 😱 ¡Qué padre, Karla, felicidades!
SERIOUSLY?? 😱 that's awesome Karla, congrats!!
😱 How other countries say “No way! That's crazy!”
- 🇪🇸 ¡Qué fuerte!Spain
- 🇨🇱 ¡Qué heavy!Chile
More from Mexico
- chidocool, great
- ¿Neta?Really? / Seriously?
- ¡Órale!Wow! / OK, let's go!
- la netathe truth; honestly
- ¡Aguas!Watch out!
- ¡Qué padre!How cool! / Awesome!
- ¡Ándale!Come on! / Exactly!
- ¡Híjole!Oh man! / Yikes!
Songs from Mexico
- La Bamba · Ritchie ValensLevel A2
- Bidi Bidi Bom Bom · SelenaLevel A2
- Como La Flor · SelenaLevel A2
- Querida · Juan GabrielLevel A2
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