pisar

to step on

pisar(pee-sahr)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (to put your foot on)

a. to step on

¡No pises el suelo; que está recién fregado!Don't step on the floor; it's just been washed!

b. to step in

Pisé un charco y me mojé el pantalón.I stepped in a puddle and got my pants wet.

c. to tread on

Pisé al gato sin querer.I trod on the cat accidentally.

2. (to go on)

a. to walk on

No pise el cemento mojado.Don't walk on the wet cement.

3. (to press one's foot down on)

a. to step on

Partimos tarde y tuve que pisar el acelerador.We left late, so I had step on the gas.

4. (to trample)

a. to tread down

Pisé la tierra para compactarla.I trod down the earth to flatten it.

b. to tread

Antes de pisar la uva, hay que lavarse bien los pies.Before treading grapes, you need to wash your feet thoroughly.

5. (to come into)

a. to set foot in

Hace años que no piso un cine.I haven't set foot in a movie theater in years.

b. to set foot on

Hacía tiempo que no pisábamos suelo irlandés.We hadn't set foot on Irish soil for a while.

6. (to anticipate)

a. to steal

¡Mira, nos han pisado la idea!Look, they've stolen our idea!

b. to beat

Otra empresa nos pisó el contrato.Another firm beat us to the contract.

7. (to be inconsiderate with)

a. to trample on

En mi trabajo se asciende a base de pisar a los demás.In my job, people get promotions by trampling on everyone else.

b. to walk all over

Todo lo que tiene lo ha conseguido sin pisar nunca a nadie.He got where he is without walking all over anyone.

8. (music)

a. to strike (key)

Pisa esta tecla para obtener un sonido agudo.Strike this key to get a high-pitched sound.

b. to hold down (string)

Tienes que pisar la cuerda para que suene así.You have to hold down the string to get this sound.

9. (to copulate with)

a. to mount

El cámara consiguió grabar al macho pisando a la hembra.The cameraman managed to record the male mounting the female.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

10. (to walk)

a. to tread

Aquí se debe pisar con cuidado.You need to watch how you tread here.

b.

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Pisen con cuidado; acabo de lavar el suelo.Be careful where you walk; I've just washed the floor.

Pisa con cuidado, que el suelo está mojado.Watch where you go; the floor's wet.

11.

A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society (e.g. fuck).

(vulgar)

(to have sex)

Regionalism used in Cuba

(Cuba)

Regionalism used in the Dominican Republic

(Dominican Republic)

Regionalism used in El Salvador

(El Salvador)

a. to fuck

A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society (e.g. fuck).

(vulgar)

El policía los encontró pisando en el auto.The cop caught them fucking in the car.

b. to screw

A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society (e.g. fuck).

(vulgar)

Los escuché pisar en el cuarto de baño.I heard them screwing in the bathroom.

12.

A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g. carrot, bean).

(figurative)

(to make an impression)

a.

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

El autor entró en el panorama literario pisando fuerte.The author arrived on the literary scene with a bang.

Esta moda pisa fuerte en las redes sociales.This fashion is making a big impact on social media.

pisarse

A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).

pronominal verb

13. (to leave)

Regionalism used in Colombia

(Colombia)

a. to go

Se pisó a casa de la novia hace cinco minutos.He went to his girlfriend's house five minutes ago.

pisar

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (con el pie)

a. to tread on

pisar el frenoto put one's foot on the brake

prohibido pisar el céspedkeep off the grass

2. (fig)

a.

nunca he pisado su casaI've never set foot in her house

3. (despreciar)

a. to trample on

4. (anticiparse)

a.

pisar un contrato a alguiento beat somebody to a contract

pisar una idea a alguiento think of something before somebody

el periódico rival les pisó la noticiathe rival paper stole o pinched the story from them, the rival paper got in first with the news

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

5. (general)

a. to tread, to step

pisa con cuidadotread carefully

6. (fig)

a.

venir pisando fuerteto be on the road to success

pisar

transitive verb

1 (andar sobre) to walk on

¿se puede pisar el suelo de la cocina? can I walk on the kitchen floor?

2 (poner el pie encima de) to tread on; step on

perdona, te he pisado sorry, I trod o stepped on your foot; vio una cucaracha y la pisó she saw a cockroach and trod o stood on it; pisar el acelerador a fondo to step on the accelerator; put one's foot down (familiar)

prohibido pisar el césped keep off the grass

ir pisando huevos to tread carefully

tiene un morro que se lo pisa he's a cheeky devil (familiar)

3 (ir a) to set foot in

no volvimos a pisar ese sitio we never set foot in that place again; hace años que no pisa un bar he hasn't been in a pub for years

4 [+uvas] to tread; [+tierra] to tread down

5 (avasallar) to trample on; walk all over

no se deja pisar por nadie he doesn't let anybody trample on o walk all over him

6 (Música) [+tecla] to strike; press; [+cuerda] to hold down

7 (And) [+hembra] to cover; (Centroamérica) to fuck (vulgar); screw (vulgar);

8 (adelantarse a)

otro le pisó el puesto somebody got in first and collared the job; el periódico le pisó la noticia the newspaper got in first with the news; pisar una baza a algn to trump sb's trick

talón

intransitive verb

(andar) to tread

hay que pisar con cuidado you have to tread carefully

pisar fuerte to make great strides

los españoles están pisando fuerte en Roland Garros el Barcelona sigue pisando fuerte una mujer que pisa fuerte

entrar pisando fuerte to burst onto the scene (familiar)

los jóvenes diseñadores han entrado pisando fuerte

pronominal verb

pisarse (Col) to push off (familiar)

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