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No hay bronca

noh eye BRONE-kah · /no ai ˈbɾon.ka/

No problem / no worries

1/5 Grandma-safe

mild, playful; fine on daytime TV

Literally

"There's no brawl/fight"

Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.

How to use it

Mexico's relaxed "no worries." A "bronca" is a fight or a hassle, so "no hay bronca" is "there's no beef here." Clean and reassuring. Flip it — "¿cuál es tu bronca?" — and you're asking someone what their problem is, which is not clean at all.

Heard in the wild

—Perdón por llegar tarde. —No hay bronca, apenas llegué.

—Sorry I'm late. —No worries, I just got here too.

Where it lands

Mexico (universal)

Quick answers

What does "No hay bronca" mean?
In Spanish, "No hay bronca" means "No problem / no worries". Literally it's "There's no brawl/fight". Mexico's relaxed "no worries." A "bronca" is a fight or a hassle, so "no hay bronca" is "there's no beef here." Clean and reassuring. Flip it — "¿cuál es tu bronca?" — and you're asking someone what their problem is, which is not clean at all.
Is "No hay bronca" offensive?
It's on the mild end — 1/5 (Grandma-safe) on the Punch-o-Meter. mild, playful; fine on daytime TV.
How do you pronounce "No hay bronca"?
Say it "noh eye BRONE-kah" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: no ai ˈbɾon.ka.

Related in Spanish

¡Órale! OH-rah-leh Alright! / Wow! / Let's go! / Get on with it! ¿Qué onda? keh OWN-dah What's up? / What's the vibe? Sale SAH-leh OK! / Deal! / Sounds good ¡No mames! noh MAH-mess No way! / You've got to be kidding me! ¡No manches! noh MAHN-chess No way! / Come on! (the polite twin of no mames) Güey GWEY (rhymes with 'way') Dude / man (filler); also 'idiot' when aimed

The same idea, elsewhere

Via concepts like "Calm down".

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