prendere in giro — meaning in English

English meaning

• gleek noun A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
• heckle verb To interrupt a speaker or performer with mocking comments or aggressive questions.
• mislead verb To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.

Senses

prendere in giro is used for these senses in English:

• gleek (obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
• pull someone's leg (idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.

gleek — full definition

1. noun A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
2. noun Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

Related Italian words