For people who already master the Spanish language, learning jokes is a good way to acquire new vocabulary while making their friends laugh. Humor works differently in English and Spanish. The reason is simply: There are many plays on words or puns which make people laugh out loud in a language or another.
If you want to take your Spanish language skills to the next level, it is recommended to learn some chistes or jokes to learn new vocabulary, grammar structure and verb tense. Moreover, you’ll be raising cultural awareness since English language humor is way different to Spanish language humor.
Learning Spanish through jokes helps you put into practice all you have learned so far such as grammar, pronunciation, listening comprehension in a relaxing and fun way. It is not a matter of understanding the meaning of each single word. It is a matter of grasping the cultural context in which the language occurs.
Telling jokes in Spanish will help you learn colloquial language rather than just formal expressions to get the message across. Being spontaneous in a foreign language is the best way to break the ice and make new friends.
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| 1. Spanish Jokes with Mixing of English Words (Homophones Sounding) | 2. One-liner Jokes in Spanish |
| 3. Silly Spanish Jokes | 4. Spanish Jokes for Kids |
Ayer tuve una entrevista. – Me preguntaron: ¿Nivel de inglés? – Alto. . – Diga “memoria” en inglés. – Memory. – Póngalo en una frase. – Salté por una ventana y memory. – Contratada. Yesterday I had an interview.They asked me: Level of English? There is a play on words involving sounds. Memory sounds like me morí or I died. ¿Cómo se escribe calcetines en inglés? Eso sí que es How do you spell socks in English? Yes, that 's right. It is a difficult one. If you spell “socks” aloud you’ll be saying Eso sí que es meaning that’s right. Kansas – Cariño, cuando hablas eres como una ciudad de Estados Unidos. – ¿Los Ángeles? – No, Kansas. Kansas - Honey, when you talk you’re like an American city. – Los Angeles? – No, Kansas. Kansas sounds like cansas , which means You tire people when you talk. No sé means I don’t know in spanish and uses the same letters of the english word “nose”Spanish speakers love making fun of English words that sound similar to Spanish words . In order to understand the joke you need to know both languages. Most of these jokes simply use homophones (two words that are written differently but sound similarly) mixing up English and Spanish language. Not only are they hilarious but also clever and creative. Joke 1 Joke 2 Joke 3 Joke 4
These are short question and answer jokes which in most cases involve puns or a play on words. In English, they don’t make any sense so you will need someone to explain the joke to you. These short and catchy jokes are the best way to improve vocabulary in Spanish. Learning these chistes will help you immerse in the Spanish culture and get to know the local context.
Vino in Spanish has two meanings: wine or came (3er person singular).
| Joke 5 | ¿Cuál es la fruta más paciente? Es pera.
| Which fruit is the most patient? It’s a pear Espera (altogether) means wait and sounds like it is a pear. |
| Joke 6 | Un gusano le dice a otro gusano: “Chau, voy a dar una vuelta a la manzana”. | A worm tells other worm: “Bye, I’m going to take a walk around the apple” In spanish, dar vuelta a la manzana means walk around a block of houses. Since worms live inside apples, this joke is hilarious. |
| Joke 7 | Un pez pregunta a su amigo, "¿qué hace tu padre?" - "Nada"
| One fish asks their friend, "what does your father do?" - Nothing Nada has two meanings in spanish: nothing or to swim (3rd person singular). In spanish it makes sense since fish swims. |
| Joke 8 | A: Padre, ¿qué puedo hacer por mis pecados? B: Ora, hijo mío, ora. A: Las once y media, padre. Ora (pray) naturally sounds a lot like hora (hour) since the h isn’t pronounced in Spanish. I imagine that this boy was being a bit of a smarty pants with the priest. I like him.
| A: Father, what can I do to have my sins forgiven? B:Pray, my son, pray. A: It’s 11:30, Father. Ora means to pray (2nd person singular) but it is also pronounced like hora (hour). They are homophones. |
These chistes or jokes may involve puns or simply play with words in a silly way. These chistes are known as chistes malos (literally bad jokes) or dad jokes. However, they are handy when learning new vocabulary since they use to be short.
Vacas simply means cows. But it is also the first syllable in vacaciones or vacation.
| Joke 9 | Marte – Pepito, ¿qué planeta sigue después de Marte? – Miércole.
| Mars – Pepito, ¿which planet goes after Mars? – Wednesday. The red planet Mars and the day Tuesday are written in the same way in spanish. However, the name of the planet has no ending “s”: Marte (planet)- Martes (Tuesday). |
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It is hilarious in both languages. |
| Joke 11 | Vacas perezosas – ¿Cuáles son las vacas más perezosas? – ¡Las vacaciones!
| Lazy Cows – Which are the laziest cows? – Vacations! Vacas simply means cows. But it is also the first syllable in vacaciones or vacation. |
| Joke 12 | Vaya tío, he soñado que ganaba $300 millones como mi padre. – ¿Tu padre gana $300 millones? – No, también lo sueña. – Jajajaja. | Hey man, I’ve dreamed I earn $300 million like my father. – You father earns $300 million? – No, he also dreams about it. – Hahahaha. |
| Joke 13 | ¿Cómo llama el vaquero a su hija? ¡Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiija! | How does a cowboy call his daughter? Dauuuuuuuuuuughter! Hija means daughter but it also sounds like yeeee-haw. |
Learning jokes in Spanish is a creative and teaching material to improve your language skills. It is also the best way to make new friends or as ice breakers. Jokes with juego de palabras or play on words will help you improve your communicative and linguistic skills since in some cases you’ll need to tell why it is funny.
