Ayuda con cucandote
Ha oido decir de la palarbra cucandarse or algo asi. Supone que esta palabre quiere decir,("teasing you')
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Yes, I suppose that's true, but I was thinking of the context of this thread, in which gitte asked how to say "Just teasing." In that context, the meaning is always positive or neutral.
In actual fact, the Oxford concise dictionary gives the definition of "to tease" as follows,
To make fun of somebody, either playfully, unkindly or annoyingly.
I take it from this that there are varying degrees of teasing.
I can see what you are saying but I was just quoting Collins Dictionary's explanation.
Cholo! Gracias, Dunia
Thanks Dunia
I realised this but just wrote it badly.
I don't think "tomarle el pelo a alguien" maps to "make fun of somebody." That Spanish means to tease someone or pull someone's leg, and therefore has a positive meaning. "To make fun of" has a negative meaning, and maps to reírse de or burlarse de.
un bromista / una bromista (this noun doesn't change with the genre)
All these expressions are perfect Spanish.
I have heard the person doing the teasing is una bromista or un/una guasón/a.
And yes James, Tomar el pelo a - make fun of
Gracias a ambos
- let's ask Heidita for the term and expressions in Spain.
I can't speak for Spain, but I hear this a lot: Te estoy tomando el pelo (I'm pulling your leg). Also, "Sólo en broma," "Estoy bromeando," etc.
Es interesante, porque tengo estos explicaciónes de Collins Diccionario
Cucar
Guiñar - To wink
Burlarse de - To poke fun at, to deride
Instar (Lam) - To incite, to urge on , to provoke
Nada de - To tease.
Heidita, then how would you say it in Spain?
I am teasing you
Just teasing / Just kidding
That's interesting sally, I wouldn't have understood that .
Yes Joe, that's correct. It is from the verb cucar which means to annoy or tease. So cucandote means teasing you.
