Usage examples of "en broma" in Spanish with translation to English

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Lo dijo en broma. He said it as a joke.
Me reí de su broma. I laughed at his joke.
No entendí la broma. I didn't get the joke.
Es simplemente una broma. It's merely a joke.
¿Estás de broma? Are you kidding?
Él no entendió su broma. He did not understand her joke.
¿Eso iba como broma? Was that intended as a joke?
Ella te ha tomado el pelo. Es una broma. She just pulled your leg. It's a joke.
Sólo fue una broma. I only meant it as a joke.
No era más que una broma. It was nothing but a joke.
Sólo era una broma. It was nothing but a joke.
No pude más que reírme de su broma. I could not but laugh at his joke.
Lo dije de broma. I said so by way of a joke.
Su broma nos hizo reír a todos. His joke made us all laugh.
No entiendo su broma. I couldn't understand his joke.
Una vez, Cristóbal Colón contó la misma broma 256 veces en el mismo día... lo cual provocó que toda la tripulación muriera de risa. Christopher Columbus once used the same joke 256 times in one day... thereby causing his entire crew to die of laughter.
Su broma bordea el insulto. His joke borders on insult.
Tom ha dicho la misma broma más de diez veces. Tom has told me that same joke more than ten times.
Es la broma más divertida que he escuchado alguna vez. That is the funniest joke that I have ever heard.
Mary le explicó a Tom que la broma estaba en un doble sentido. Mary explained to Tom that the joke relied on a double entendre.
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