Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
blow smoke up your ass
Spanish translation:
decirte lo que quieres escuchar/llenarte de mentiras dulces
English term
blow smoke up your ass
I can sit around and blow smoke up your ass
Muchas gracias
Jun 6, 2007 14:46: Lydia De Jorge changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/91316">bernar3's</a> old entry - "blow smoke up your ass"" to ""decirte lo que quieres escuchar/llenarte de mentiras dulces""
Proposed translations
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
decirte lo que quieres escuchar/llenarte de mentiras dulces
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Note added at 4 days (2007-06-06 14:45:31 GMT) Post-grading
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A tus ordenes!
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Gándara
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gracias!
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JPMedicalTrans
1 hr
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thanks again alex!
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Salloz
: Urban Dictionary definition: Giving a gratuitous and insincere compliment, possibly to deceive. (Can be my, your, his, or her ass, but probably not plural, as in their asses.)
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Gracias!!!
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Ginnett Zabala
3 hrs
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gracias Ginnett!
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Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
See choices
En Buenos Aires podrías escuchar:
"... me está verseando."
"... me está vendiendo fruta."
"... me está cameleando."
Blow smoke up my/your ass
I kinder, gentler version of this is to "pull (somebody's) leg." That would be translated to, «tomarle el pelo a (alguien)».
"You are pulling my leg." = «Me estás tomando el pelo».
Suerte.
verte la cara
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Salloz
: Muy cierto, Christopher, pero la colega que pregunta vive en España...
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also true, that's why I didn't give it a 5 rating
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adular, lisonjear, camelar
Mexico
Technical Translator and Interpreter
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican) , German
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish
tratar de hacerte reaccionar
2. Trying to get a reaction out of somebody.
Technology Translations
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, and 9 more.
tomarte el pelo
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