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Don’t even think of it!

Spanish translation: ¡Ni se te ocurra!

15:27 Dec 2, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Other / Idiom
English term or phrase: Don’t even think of it!
Hi,

The Spanish expression I heard sounded like “Ni pensarlo”.

It was used to mean:
Don’t even think of it! / No way! / Not on your life!

All the best,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:41
Spanish translation:¡Ni se te ocurra!
Explanation:
Aunque "ni pensarlo" también valdría.
Selected response from:

Miguel Sánchez Esteban
Spain
Local time: 17:41
Grading comment
muchas gracias, perfecto
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +17¡Ni se te ocurra!
Miguel Sánchez Esteban
4 +13¡Ni lo pienses!, ¡Ni pensarlo!, ¡Qué ni se te ocurra!
Lida Garcia
5 +1¡Ni lo sueñes!
Darío Giménez
4¡que ni siquiera te (le -para 'usted') pase por la mente!
Rocio Barrientos


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +17
don’t even think of it!
¡Ni se te ocurra!


Explanation:
Aunque "ni pensarlo" también valdría.

Miguel Sánchez Esteban
Spain
Local time: 17:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
muchas gracias, perfecto

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Monica Colangelo
4 mins
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Helen Mullins
7 mins
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Sp-EnTranslator
29 mins
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Roberto Rey
40 mins
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Pilar Royo
51 mins
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar
56 mins
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Coslada
1 hr
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Marcela García Henríquez
1 hr
  -> Gracias :)
agree  carlalama (X)
1 hr
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Cristina Santos
3 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias!
agree  Rosa Plana Castillón
3 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias!
agree  Janine Libbey
4 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias!
agree  Blanca González
6 hrs
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Carmen Quiñones
17 hrs
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Sinead --
19 hrs
  -> Gracias :)
agree  Sylvia Serratosa (X)
21 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias!
agree  Anabel Martínez
23 hrs
  -> Gracias :)
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
don’t even think of it!
¡Ni lo pienses!, ¡Ni pensarlo!, ¡Qué ni se te ocurra!


Explanation:
algunas opciones...depende del contexto...

Lida Garcia
Peru
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 70

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carmen Schultz
9 mins
  -> gracias, Carmen
agree  Olga Morozova: Ni lo pienses!
9 mins
  -> gracias, Olga
agree  Eileen Brophy
13 mins
  -> gracias, Eileen
agree  Krimy
32 mins
agree  Henry Hinds
40 mins
agree  María Luisa Feely
45 mins
agree  Darío Zozaya
47 mins
agree  Adriana de Groote
1 hr
agree  Rosina Peixoto: Ni lo pienses!
2 hrs
agree  Cristina Santos
3 hrs
agree  Janine Libbey
4 hrs
agree  Ximena P. Aguilar
5 hrs
agree  Blanca González
6 hrs
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
don’t even think of it!
¡que ni siquiera te (le -para 'usted') pase por la mente!


Explanation:
Otra opción que transmite lo mismo, y creo que es una traducción muy cercana a la "letra muerta", como conceptualmente, además de ser bastante usada y en varios países

SaludoZ

pues ni siquiera le pase por la mente pensar que no lo soy, y no es que sí lo sea, pero ps que la gente lo crea ya es más que suficiente o no? ...
fragmentosybunburismos.blogspot.com/2006/10/el-idealismo-del-mexicano.html

que ni siquiera te pase por la mente que a ese feo te queremos quitar Editado por SONY en 11 de Julio 2007 a las 10:04am ...
www.tvn-2.com/foro/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1812&PN=31&TPN... - 54k - En caché - Páginas similares - Anotar esto


Rocio Barrientos
Bolivia
Local time: 11:41
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 44
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
don’t even think of it!
¡Ni lo sueñes!


Explanation:
Otra versión muy habitual... :-)

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Note added at 1 hora (2007-12-02 16:58:26 GMT)
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O, más sencillo aún:
¡Ni hablar! :-)

Darío Giménez
Spain
Local time: 17:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in category: 86

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Blanca González
4 hrs
  -> Gracias, Blanca. :-)
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