a joke
Esa es una broma de mi abuela.
That's a joke my grandmother makes.
— Moscú no cree en lágrimas (1980)
Debes pensar que se trata de una broma absurda.
You have to think of it as an absurd joke.
— Amores perros (2000)
Es difícil traducir una broma a otro idioma.
It's difficult to translate a joke into another language.
Quizá un amigo suyo la puso ahí como una broma.
Perhaps a friend of his put it there as a joke.
— Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)
Te aseguro que esto no es una broma.
I assure you this is not a joke.