Cuento fácil en español: la historia de Garbancito

What does “hacer cosquillas” mean in Spanish?

In Spanish the everyday way to say “to tickle” is hacer cosquillas, which literally means “to make tickles.” The thing you feel is las cosquillas (the ticklish feeling), and the person you tickle is marked with a small word like le (to him/her). It is a handy, friendly phrase, and it shows a common Spanish pattern: hacer plus a noun where English uses one verb.

From the clip: le hicieron cosquillas en la nariz al buey (“they tickled the ox’s nose”). Notice en la nariz (“on the nose”) for where, and al buey (“to the ox”) for who. You can also say me haces cosquillas (“you’re tickling me”) or tengo cosquillas (“I feel ticklish”).