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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/
- 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!