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Boys vs girls: what's in the cookies? Ni idea.

Lucía bakes cookies with only the ingredients she gets along with. Mateo wants the recipe, but she has no idea what's in them.

In Spanish, with English subtitles.

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In English, with a phrase in Spanish.

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The Spanish phrase

Ni idea.

No idea.

Use it when you don't know the answer at all. It's a short form of "No tengo ni idea" (I have no idea).

Every line in Spanish with English

Mateo: ¿Qué les pusiste a las galletas?

In English: What did you put in the cookies?

Lucía: Ni idea. Solo usé ingredientes que me caen bien.

In English: No idea. I only used ingredients I get along with.

Mateo: ¿O sea que... harina simpática?

In English: So... friendly flour?

Mateo: ¡Están buenísimas! ¿Cuál es la receta?

In English: These are amazing! What's the recipe?

Lucía: Ni idea. Pero te comiste seis, así que ahora el experto eres tú.

In English: No idea. But you ate six, so now you're the expert.

In English, with a phrase in Spanish.

Mateo: What's in these cookies?

Lucía: Ni idea. I only used ingredients I get along with.

Mateo: So... friendly flour?

Mateo: These are amazing! What's the recipe?

Lucía: Ni idea. But you ate six, so you're the expert now.

Quick quiz

Choose a or b, then open the answer to see if you were right.

  1. What does it mean? Ni idea.

    1. No idea.
    2. Good idea!
    Show the answer

    Answer: a) No idea. Here "ni" means "not even". You say it when you don't know.

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