no cuenta

doesn't count

→ no

phrase Uncommon #11,646

doesn't count Used to say that something does not qualify, matter, or have an effect. In the related expression “no cuentes conmigo,” it means “don't count on me.”

SP: Si lo haces por obligación, no cuenta.

EN: If you do it out of obligation, it doesn't count.

Pero no cuenta, porque no era mi intención.

But it doesn't count, because it wasn't my intention.

— El cartero (y Pablo Neruda) (1994)

Ese día no cuenta, porque fui a buscar a la señora Mak.

That day doesn't count, because I went to look for Mrs. Mak.

— Deseo, peligro (2007)

Su voto no cuenta, la votación no está abierta, es sólo una opinión.

Your vote doesn't count; voting isn't open—it's just an opinion.

— O Som ao Redor (2012)

Eso no cuenta.

That doesn't count.

— Un día de furia (1993)

Vuestra opinión no cuenta.

Your opinion doesn't count.

Mi opinión no cuenta mucho en la oficina.

My opinion doesn’t count for much at the office.

Ese no cuenta.

That one doesn't count.

— Bullet Train (2022)

No cuenta si alguien te lo dice, ¿cierto?

It doesn't count if someone tells you, right?

— Kajaki (2014)

La gente como nosotros no cuenta ahí afuera.

People like us don't count out there.

— Rang De Basanti (2006)

Está bien, eso no cuenta.

Okay, that doesn't count.

Pero si se lo digo yo, no cuenta.

But if I tell him, it doesn't count.

— Amelie (2001)

Tu padre puede ser un señor, ¿pero mi padre no cuenta?

Your father might be a fine man, but doesn't my father count?

— Devdas (2002)

Esto no cuenta.

This doesn't count.

— Adiós, muchachos (1987)

Bueno, eso no cuenta.

Well, that doesn't count.

— Incontrolable (I Swear) (2025)