Broma

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for March 8, 2009

broma - feminine noun (la) - joke, practical joke, prank, jest. Look up broma in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/broma)

Me hicieron una broma pesada y la verdad, me enojé.
They played a mean practical joke on me and to be honest, I got angry.

[Jessica]

would joke as in a verb be bromar?

[Elaina]

I think it is bromear

[Jessica]

oh....it could be yeah.

[Tomisimo]

It is.

[CrOtALiTo]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for March 8, 2009

broma - feminine noun (la) - joke, practical joke, prank, jest. Look up broma in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/broma)

Me hicieron una broma pesada y la verdad, me enojé.
They played a mean practical joke on me and to be honest, I got angry.

Why the machine translator uses the word played when in translate at Spanish is me hicieron. I guess that it should to be (They make me a joke), or (They did me a joke).

I though that play were jugar.:confused:

[Rusty]

jugar a = to play (deportes, juegos)
tocar un instrumento = to play an instrument
hacerle una broma = to play a joke
poner la música = to play (the music)

[Elaina]

That's why English is a difficult language.

People "play" jokes on other people.

:D