hazme cosquillas
/aθme koskiʝas/from spelling rules
To say "tickle me" in Spanish, use hazme cosquillas.
This phrase is used to request that someone touch a sensitive part of your body to make you laugh. In Spanish, the concept of a tickle is almost always referred to using the plural form cosquillas when talking about the sensation or the act itself.
How does it change in a sentence?
The standard informal version hazme cosquillas uses the informal imperative (tú). To use the formal usted form, you should change hazme to hágame.
How do you pronounce it?
/aθme koskiʝas/
Did you know?
- While an English speaker describes themselves as 'ticklish', a Spanish speaker would say they tienen cosquillas, meaning they 'have tickles'.
- The phrase hazme cosquillas uses the verb hacer, which means 'to make' or 'to do', rather than a specific verb for tickling.
- The word cosquillas shares a common linguistic ancestor with the Catalan word cossigolles and the Portuguese word cosquinha.
Examples in context
- Soy muy cosquilloso, ¡hazme cosquillas!I'm very ticklish, tickle me!This sentence is useful for expressing that you are a ticklish person before requesting that someone hazme cosquillas.Tatoeba #9188901 by rafaeldejesus8199, translation #9188902 by rafaeldejesus8199
- ¡Hazme cosquillas en la barriga!Tickle me on my belly!
- No, no, ¡hazme cosquillas en los pies!No, no, tickle my feet!
Example conversation
Daniel and Lucía are playing a game on the living room floor.
- Daniel¡Hazme cosquillas, Lucía!Tickle me, Lucía!
- Lucía¿Quieres que te haga cosquillas ahora?Do you want me to tickle you now?
- Daniel¡Sí, por favor!Yes, please!
- Lucía¡Prepárate para reír!Get ready to laugh!
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cosquillas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
