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no manches

phrase, interjectionInformal

A Mexican Spanish slang term. Browse all Mexican slang.

What it means

  1. No way; you're kidding. The socially safe version of no mames, with the same range of disbelief but none of the obscenity.

Literally: Don't stain.

Examples with translations

  • ¿No manches, de verdad te vas a vivir a Japón?

    No way, you're really moving to Japan?

  • No manches, otra vez se cayó el internet.

    Oh come on, the internet's down again.

Where it comes from

A deliberate euphemism for no mames, swapping in a harmless verb that starts the same way — the same substitution strategy as English 'shoot' for a stronger word. Usable in front of family, colleagues and children.

Other forms

Similar terms:
no inventes, no mames