tickle

hacer cosquillas

Tocar suavemente a alguien de manera que se ría o se mueva de repente.

En inglés sencillo: To touch someone lightly in a way that makes them laugh or move suddenly.

• Don't tickle me!
• She tickled the baby's feet.
• The feather tickles my neck.

Expresiones frecuentes: tickle someone, tickle someone's feet, tickle someone's belly

picar, sentir cosquillas

Sentirse un picor leve en alguna parte del cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: If a part of your body does this, it feels slightly itchy.

• My nose tickles.
• Her throat tickled whenever she breathed in.
• Do your feet tickle inside those wool socks?

Sinónimos: itch

Expresiones frecuentes: nose can tickle, throat may tickle

divertir, deleitar

Hacer que alguien se sienta contento o divertido.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel pleased or amused.

• His silly joke tickled me.
• She was tickled pink by the surprise.
• Does anything on the menu tickle your fancy?

Cómo se usa: be tickled by something (She was tickled by his unexpected reply.); be tickled to do something (I was tickled to receive their invitation.)

Sinónimos: amuse, delight, please

Antónimos: displease

Expresiones frecuentes: tickle someone's fancy, tickle someone pink

cosquilla

Toque suave que hace reír a alguien o provoca un movimiento repentino.

En inglés sencillo: A light touch that makes someone laugh or move suddenly.

• Dad gave me a tickle.
• A tickle on her feet made the baby laugh.
• He woke his brother with a gentle tickle.

Expresiones frecuentes: give a tickle, gentle tickle, little tickle

cosquilleo, picor

Sensación de picor ligero, especialmente en la garganta, que puede provocar tos.

En inglés sencillo: A slight itchy feeling, especially in your throat, that can make you cough.

• I have a tickle in my throat.
• A sip of water stopped the tickle.
• That annoying tickle kept making her cough.

Cómo se usa: a tickle in something (I felt a tickle in my nose.)

Sinónimos: itch, irritation

Expresiones frecuentes: a throat tickle, persistent tickle, tickle in something