no way

de ninguna manera, ni hablar

Se usa para decir con firmeza que no se aceptará o hará algo.

En inglés sencillo: Used to say very firmly that you will not agree or do something.

• No way! I am staying here.
• Lend him my car? No way!
• She said, "No way!" when I asked her to pay.

Sinónimos: absolutely not, not a chance

Antónimos: yes

Expresiones frecuentes: no way ever, no way thanks

no me digas, no puede ser

Se dice cuando una noticia sorprende tanto que cuesta creerla.

En inglés sencillo: Used when news surprises you so much that you find it hard to believe.

• No way! You won?
• You met the singer? No way!
• "We are getting married." "No way! That is wonderful!"

Sinónimos: you are kidding, seriously

Expresiones frecuentes: no way really, no way seriously

ninguna manera, ninguna posibilidad

Ningún método posible para hacer algo, o ninguna posibilidad de que sea cierto o suceda.

En inglés sencillo: No possible method of doing something, or no chance that something is true or will happen.

• There is no way to escape.
• We had no way of knowing the answer.
• Is there really no way to fix this?

Cómo se usa: no way to do something (There is no way to open the door.); no way of doing something (We had no way of contacting her.); no way that… (There is no way that he could have known.)

Sinónimos: no possibility, no means

Expresiones frecuentes: no way home, no way forward

de ninguna manera, ni hablar

Se usa para rechazar una petición o una propuesta con mucha firmeza.

En inglés sencillo: Used to refuse a request or suggestion very strongly.

• "Will you go?" "No way!"
• No way! I will not lend him any more money.
• She replied, "No way!" when they suggested working all weekend.

Sinónimos: absolutely not, not a chance

Antónimos: yes

Expresiones frecuentes: no way ever, no way thanks

de ninguna manera, en absoluto

Se usa para afirmar con fuerza que algo no es cierto o nunca ocurrirá.

En inglés sencillo: Used to say strongly that something is not true or will never happen.

• That is no way acceptable.
• No way would she reveal your secret.
• There is no way I can finish this today.

Cómo se usa: no way + auxiliary + subject + verb (No way would I agree to that.)

Sinónimos: not at all, by no means

Expresiones frecuentes: no way ever, no way acceptable