la pierna. 'la pierna'. This feminine noun means 'leg'. For example, 'tenían las piernas y el cuerpo adaptados para caminar erguidos' / 'They had the legs and body adapted to walk upright'. La pierna.
pierna
feminine noun
1.
leg
- cruzar las piernas -> to cross one's legs
- dormir a pierna suelta -> to sleep like a log
- estirar las piernas -> to stretch one's legs
- salir por piernas (informal) -> to go haring off, to take to one's heels
- pierna de cordero -> gigot, leg of lamb (plato)
- pierna ortopédica -> artificial leg
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pierna [pe-err’-nah]
noun
1.
The leg. (f)
2.
Leg of butcher’s meat or of fowls. (f)
3.
Down stroke of letters. (f)
4.
Check of a printing-press. (f)
5.
(Cono Sur) Player. (f)
- En piernas, bare-legged. A pierna suelt -> or a pierna tendida, at one’s ease; without care; soundly
- Estirar las piernas -> to take a walk, to stretch one’s legs
- Cortar las piernas -> to render a thing impossible
pierna
1 (Anatomía) leg
en piernas bare-legged; estirar las piernas to stretch one's legs; mañana iremos hasta el pueblo para hacer piernas we'll walk into the village tomorrow to get some exercise o for the exercise
dormir a pierna suelta o tendida to sleep like a log (familiar)
salir por piernas to take one's heels; leg it (familiar)
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