estar bromeando

to be joking

→ estar
phrase Common #5,974
to be joking Also commonly translated as “to be kidding.”
SP: Debes estar bromeando.
EN: You must be joking.

¡Debes estar bromeando!

You must be joking!

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

Debes estar bromeando.

You must be joking.

— Mulholland Drive: Sueños, misterios y secretos (2001)

Tiene que estar bromeando.

You've got to be kidding me.

— Nuremberg: El Juicio Del Siglo (2025)

¡Tienes que estar bromeando!

You’ve got to be kidding!

— Los excéntricos Tenenbaums (2001)

¡Tienen que estar bromeando!

You’ve got to be kidding!

— Marty Supremo (2025)

Tienen que estar bromeando.

They must be joking.

— Avatar (2009)

Tienes que estar bromeando.

You've got to be kidding me.

— Alerta Extinción (2026)

Debes de estar bromeando.

You must be kidding.

— Stalker (1979)

Tiene que estar bromeando, no hay manera de que sea verdad.

You've got to be kidding me, there's no way it's true.

Dios, debe estar bromeando.

God, he must be joking.

— Sin Amor (2017)

Deben de estar bromeando.

They must be joking.