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pie

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “pie” mean in English?

  1. foot

Example sentences

  • Me duele el pie derecho.

    My right foot hurts.

  • Voy al trabajo a pie.

    I walk to work.

  • Estamos de pie.

    We are standing.

How to use it

Pie means 'foot'. Masculine: el pie, los pies. Used in many fixed phrases: a pie ('on foot'), de pie ('standing').

Common mistake

Pie is masculine despite ending in -e: el pie, NOT *la pie. The plural is regular: los pies.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 8.