prendre el pèl

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Etymology

Literally, to take the skin.

Verb

prendre el pèl (first-person singular present prenc el pèl, first-person singular preterite prenguí el pèl, past participle pres el pèl); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. to pull one's leg, to take the piss
    • 2011, Josep Oriol Granés Cortey, Viatge a Nicaragua, page 19:
      Aquells nens que m'han caigut tant bé, i com m'han pres el pèl!
      Those boys who I liked so much, how they took the piss out of me!