No pun intended

[Pixter]

Hi guys! I know it's been a while since I last posted but I'm still "addicted" to this website

So, what would be a good translation for "No pun intended?" I'm not sure I know what it means....

Thank you!

[CrOtALiTo]

I don't know it.

[Rusty]

The phrase means la broma no era intencional. In English, puns are stories that employ a clever use of words that are similar to other words in order to make us laugh. This play on words (juego de palabras) is usually intentional, but sometimes we inadvertently combine similar sounding words that can evoke the same laughter. Once we realize what we've said (usually after someone starts laughing), we say, "No pun intended."

There was the person who sent ten different puns to friends with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh.
No pun in ten did.

Here are some with a Spanish flavor (modified by me, gleaned from Wikipedia):

A Spanish speaker who knows no English goes into a clothes store in search of some socks, but doesn't know how to ask for them. After the clerk shows him every article of clothing in the store, she holds up a pair of socks, and he exclaims, "¡Eso sí que es!" The clerk responds, "If you could spell it all along, why didn't you say so?"
S-O-C-K-S (what the clerk heard) spells socks.

Profesora: ¿Cómo se dice nariz en inglés?
Estudiante: No sé.
NOSE

Q: What do you call four mariachis standing in quicksand?
A: Cuatro cinco.
CINCO is pronounced like English sink-o (se hunden) (a lot of Americans think they can change an English word into a Spanish word by adding an 'o' - really!)

[Pixter]

thank you rusty, por fin entendí !!

[Rusty]

No hay de qué.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Rusty

There was the person who sent ten different puns to friends with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh.
No pun in ten did.

That's like a meta-pun!