tu racontes

what are you talking about?

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phrase Uncommon #14,897
what are you talking about? Often used in “Qu’est-ce que tu racontes ?” or “Tu racontes quoi ?” to express disbelief or to ask what someone is saying. It can imply that what they are saying is nonsense.
FR: Tu racontes n’importe quoi !
EN: You’re talking nonsense!

Tu racontes quoi?

What are you talking about?

Tu racontes des idioties!

You're talking nonsense!

— Requiem pour un massacre (1985)

Écoute, je ne comprends rien à tout ce que tu racontes, OK?

Listen, I don't understand anything you're saying, OK?

— Mirage (2018)

Qu'est-ce tu racontes?

What are you talking about?

Si tu racontes trop de mensonges, les gens ne te croiront jamais.

If you tell too many lies, people will never believe you.

Joue, comme ça, tu racontes pas de conneries.

Just play it like that, you won't talk nonsense.

— Il était une fois dans l'Ouest (1968)

Je sais pas qui t'es ni ce que tu racontes, mais je suis vraiment pas d'humeur.

I don't know who you are or what you're talking about, but I'm really not in the mood.

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

Tu racontes n'importe quoi, Gui.

You're talking nonsense, Gui.

— Le Maître d'armes (2006)

Qu'est ce que tu racontes?

What are you talking about?

— Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Si tu racontes un mensonge suffisamment de fois, tu commences à le croire.

If you tell a lie enough times, you start to believe it.

Tu racontes n'importe quoi!

You’re talking nonsense!

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Non! Qu'est-ce que tu racontes?

No! What are you talking about?

Si tu racontes un mensonge suffisamment de fois, tu te mets à le croire.

If you tell a lie enough times, you start to believe it.