Usage examples of "подшучивать" in Russian with translation to English

Translations:

all6 play tricks1 make a joke1 play a trick1 other translations3

Старшие мальчики всё время подшучивали над ним. The older boys are always playing tricks on him.

С другой стороны, зрителям нужно привыкнуть к мысли, что когда я подшучиваю над Обамой, это не значит, что я смеюсь над всеми чернокожими. Now, on the other side, people - audiences have to get used to the fact that when I make a joke about Obama, I'm not making a joke about all black people.

50% женщин обвинили меня в том, что я над ними подшучиваю, так как во флакончиках был лак одного и того же цвета. 50 percent of the women accused me of playing a trick, of putting the same color nail polish in both those bottles.

Я знала, что мой отец будет подшучивать надо мной какое-то время. I knew my dad was gonna give me a hard time about it.

В 18 веке, слово стало глаголом, и обрело такие значения как: мошенничать, высмеивать или подшучивать над кем-либо. In the 18th century, it became a verb, and it meant to swindle or ridicule or to make fun of someone.

Над трагедией других гораздо легче подшучивать, чем над своей собственной, а я все-таки хочу придерживаться тона этой конференции. It's a lot easier to be lighthearted about other people's tragedy than your own, and I want to keep it in the spirit of the conference.

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