Ecuadorian slang.

Question

A Latin American friend of mine told me that there is a phrase which they use for 'pulling your leg', as we would say in England. To tease somebody, or to have a joke at their expense. The phrase is something like 'drinking your hair', (tomando el pelo). Has anyone come across this phrase? I know a Mexican who has never heard of it, and I would like to know if it is only used in Ecuador, before I use it in Spain! Muchas gracias mi amigos.

Pulling hair, not drinking. How could I have been so stupid? - Notengonodinero, May 31, 2013

Learners are never stupid Tengonodinero. - 0095ca4c, May 31, 2013

Answer 1

En Argentina también lo usamos. ¿Vos me estás tomando el pelo?

One of the translations for tease is tomar el pelo.

Gracias...oh he! - Notengonodinero, May 31, 2013

Muchas grasias - Notengonodinero, May 31, 2013

Answer 2

Hi there, are you thinking of 'tomadura de pelo'? I learned that one from a friend of mine.

Haaaaa, muchas gracias - Notengonodinero, May 31, 2013

de nada Tengonodinero...es un sustantivo. - 0095ca4c, May 31, 2013

Answer 3

Yes it's tomando el pelo, taking or pulling someone's hair.

No te preocupes, solo estoy tomando el pelo.

Don't worry I'm just having you on.

Thanks - Notengonodinero, May 31, 2013

"He is just pulling your chain" (US). - EugenioCosta, May 31, 2013

"Pulling your pigtails" never got to be an idiom, but once upon a time it was very close to it, and also, sorrily, asymmetric. - EugenioCosta, May 31, 2013

Only if one pigtail is longer than the other :-) - 0095ca4c, May 31, 2013

Jeje. The other asymmetry is that it applied mainly to males pulling pigtails of females, and worse. - EugenioCosta, May 31, 2013

Answer 4

no permite aqui pero tengo muchisimo slang ... pero they should start an adult site for slang ... we need to know that too! that is all I hear ...

Answer 5

I've seen that before in a series of books by the author Isabel Allende, who I believe is Chilean. I think it is fairly widely used, if I'm not mistaken...