tomar el pelo
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to take the hair”.
Verb
[edit]tomar el pelo (first-person singular present tomo el pelo, first-person singular preterite tomé el pelo, past participle tomado el pelo)
- (idiomatic) to make a fool of, kid, wind up, razz (someone); to pull someone's leg
- Synonyms: (Argentina) agarrar para la joda, hablar de chanza, hacer mofa, (Chile) huevear, (Caribe) mamar gallo, (Spain) estar de coña
- ¿Me estás tomando el pelo?
- Are you pulling my leg?
Conjugation
[edit]- see tomar
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tomar el pelo a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28