# Slang expression  translated into Spanish

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**Created:** [August 13, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-expression-translated-into-spanish/727746 "2015-08-13T15:19:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-expression-translated-into-spanish/727746/1 "2015-08-13T15:19:31Z")

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In today’s “Baldo” comic strip, Baldo fancies himself a king or a sage. When I saw that I thought “You wish!” Is there an equivalent expression for this in Spanish?

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-expression-translated-into-spanish/727746/2 "2015-08-13T15:47:10Z")

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> [@dougie\_monty](#):
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> In today’s “Baldo” comic strip, Baldo fancies himself a king or a sage. When I saw that I thought “You wish!” Is there an equivalent expression for this in Spanish?

I’ve heard _ni en sueños_, meaning “[not even] in (your) dreams,” which might work okay.

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-expression-translated-into-spanish/727746/3 "2015-08-14T11:07:58Z")

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JKellymap suggestion works, just “!Iluso!” (deluded/delusional) would also do, IMO.

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-expression-translated-into-spanish/727746/4 "2015-08-14T13:45:19Z")

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Gracias a ambos.

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-expression-translated-into-spanish/727746/5 "2015-08-14T14:29:00Z")

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De nada…

I just thought that “¡Ya desearias!” (you would wish) would be a more similar expression.

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**Author:** ![Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Last_Glacial_Maximum)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-expression-translated-into-spanish/727746/6 "2015-08-14T22:52:56Z")

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When I start having delusions of grandeur, my wife will say “bah, estas loco”.  
Or she’ll say “en tus suenos”

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