Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Friday December 14, 2007

va, verb:
No way!

Va is the third person of the verb ir, to go, for instance:

Mañana creo que va a llover.
I think it’s going to rain tomorrow.

It’s used in the phrase ¡Qué va! to express that something is unlikely or impossible.

Es tan caro, espero que no lo compres.* - ¡Qué va!
It’s so expensive, I hope you’re not going to buy it. - No way!

¿Perder la liga? ¡Qué va!
Lose the league? You must be joking!

Notice that qué has an accent in this phrase.

Content By

Spanish Word of the Day ArchiveFriday December 14, 2007