foot

el pie

USAGE NOTE

The plural of "foot" is "feet."

foot(foot)

noun

1. (anatomy)

a. el pie

(M)

(human)

She hurt her foot playing soccer.

Se lastimó el pie jugando al fútbol.

b. la pata

(F)

(animal)

We saw a cat with only three feet today.

Hoy vimos un gato con solo tres patas.

2. (measurement)

a. el pie

(M)

My grandmother is only five feet tall.

Mi abuela solo mide cinco pies.

3. (lower part of something)

a. el pie

(M)

The bunnies played at the foot of the hill.

Los conejos jugaban al pie de la colina.

4. (furniture)

a. el pie

(M)

The design of the feet of this table is quite baroque.

El diseño de los pies de esta mesa es bastante barroco.

intransitive verb

5.

(colloquial)

(to go on foot; used with "it")

a. ir a pie

Shall we foot it or cheat and get the cable-car up the hill?

¿Vamos a pie o hacemos trampa y tomamos el teleférico hasta lo alto?

transitive verb

6. (to pay)

a. pagar

Who's going to foot the bill for all these changes?

¿Quién va a pagar la factura generada por todos estos cambios?

foot

Noun

1. (of person)

a. el pie

(M)

2. (of animal, chair)

a. la pata

(F)

to put one's feet updescansar

to set foot in/onponer los pies en

she is on her feet all dayse pasa el día entero de pie or

to be on one's feet againestar recuperado(a)

on foota pie, caminando andando

it was wet under footel suelo estaba mojado

foot bathbaño de pies

3. (military)

a.

foot patrolpatrulla de infantería

foot pumpbomba de pie

foot soldiersoldado de infantería

4. (lower part; of mountain, stairs, page)

a. el pie

(M)

5. (in poetry)

a. el pie

(M)

6. (measurement)

a. el pie

(M)

three foot or feet six (inches)tres pies y seis pulgadas

at 2,000 feeta dos mil pies

7. (idioms)

a.

to have one's feet firmly on the groundtener los pies en la tierra

to have one foot in the gravetener un pie en la tumba

she hasn't put a foot wrongno ha cometido un solo error

8. (colloquial)

a.

to put one's foot in itmeter la pata

to find one's feetfamiliarizarse

the job's not much, but it's a foot in the doorel trabajo no es gran cosa, pero supone un primer paso

to have feet of claytener (los) pies de barro

9. (colloquial)

a.

my foot!¡ni loco! ¡y un jamón!,, ¡ni yendo a bailar a Chalma!,, ¡tu abuela!

transitive verb

10. (general)

a.

to foot the billpagar la cuenta

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foot [fʊt]

noun

feet (plural)

1 (Anat) pie (m); [of animal, chair] pata (f)

my feet are aching me duelen los pies

to get to one's feet ponerse de pie; levantarse; pararse; (LAm)

lady, my foot! ¡dama, ni hablar!

on foot a pie; andando; caminando; (LAm)

to be on one's feet estar de pie; estar parado; (LAm) he's on his feet all day long está trajinando todo el santo día; no descansa en todo el día

on one's feet

he's on his feet again ya está recuperado or repuesto

to rise to one's feet ponerse de pie; levantarse; pararse; (LAm)

I've never set foot there nunca he estado allí

to set foot inside sb's door poner los pies en la casa de algn; pasar el umbral de algn; to set foot on dry land poner el pie en tierra firme

it's wet under foot el suelo está mojado

to trample sth under foot pisotear algo; the children are always under my feet siempre tengo los niños pegados

to put one's feet up descansar

to put one's best foot forward animarse a continuar

to get cold feet entrarle miedo a algn

to get one's foot in the door meter el pie en la puerta

to put one's foot down (say no) plantarse; (Aut) acelerar

to drag one's feet dar largas al asunto; hacerse el roncero

to fall on one's feet tener suerte; caer de pie

to find one's feet ponerse al corriente

to have one foot in the grave estar con un pie en la sepultura

to have one's feet on the ground ser realista

to put one's foot in it meter la pata (informal)

to start off on the right foot entrar con buen pie

to shoot o.s. in the foot pegarse un tiro en el pie

to sit at sb's feet ser discípulo de algn

to stand on one's own two feet volar con sus propias alas

to sweep a girl off her feet enamorar perdidamente a una chica

she never put a foot wrong no cometió ningún error

it all started off on the wrong foot todo empezó mal

2 [of mountain, page, stairs, bed] pie (m)

at the foot of the hill al pie de la colina

3 (measure) pie (m)

he's six foot or feet tall mide seis pies; mide un metro ochenta

note See culture box in entry imperial.

transitive verb

1 (pay)

to foot the bill (for sth) pagar (algo); correr con los gastos (de algo)

2

to foot it (walk) ir andando or caminando; (LAm) (dance) bailar

modifier

foot brake (n) (Aut) freno (m) de pie

foot fault (n) (Tennis) falta (f) de saque

foot passenger (n) pasajeroapasajera (m) (f) de a pie;a pasajera

foot pump (n) bomba (f) de pie

foot rot (n) uñero (m)

foot soldier (n) soldado (m) de infantería