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Coffee Break Spanish

How to say 'no way' in Spanish: surprise, disbelief and refusal

Coffee Break Spanish

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🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Anabel explores how to react in Spanish when you hear something surprising or hard to believe. There isn't one single way to say "no way!" in Spanish, so she walks you through natural expressions for three different situations: showing surprise, disagreeing, and reacting to something that seems impossible. You'll hear how each one is used in real conversations. Which expression will you start using first?


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish.

0:02.4

I'm Annabelle, and today I take a episode that I think that will be of much

0:07.0

utility.

0:08.2

In my experience, learners normally struggle to naturally react to news or stories in the

0:15.0

language they are learning.

0:16.8

Knowing what to say might be easy.

0:20.7

But the tricky part is saying what native speakers would say in those situations.

0:27.5

I still remember the first time a learner asked me how to say no way in Spanish.

0:33.0

And I have to admit that I was not sure how to answer.

0:37.4

But it was then when I realized that there is more than one. And I have to admit that I was not sure how to answer.

0:44.7

But it was then when I realized that there is more than one way of saying no way in Spanish.

0:47.8

And that's precisely what I am bringing you today. How to react saying no way in Spanish in three different situations.

0:54.0

Because just like in English, no way doesn't

0:57.0

always mean the same thing. Sometimes you are surprised. All the times you disagree and in other cases

1:03.9

something is just impossible. Well, well, let's start with the first meaning of Norway, which is when you are surprised, like

1:20.4

saying, wow, or you're kidding.

1:24.9

In Spanish, we can say,

1:27.0

Khe Fuerte, or,

1:29.7

what you're saying.

1:31.1

So let's put this in context.

1:34.1

Imagine your friend comes and say,

1:36.7

Tia,

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