a pie de calle

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “at [the] foot of the street”.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /a ˌpje de ˈkaʝe/ [a ˌpje ð̞e ˈka.ʝe] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /a ˌpje de ˈkaʎe/ [a ˌpje ð̞e ˈka.ʎe] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /a ˌpje de ˈkaʃe/ [a ˌpje ð̞e ˈka.ʃe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /a ˌpje de ˈkaʒe/ [a ˌpje ð̞e ˈka.ʒe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: a pie de ca‧lle

Adverb

a pie de calle

  1. at street level, on the ground
    • 2022 April 13, Álvaro Sánchez, “La cesta de la compra acusa la subida de precios […] ”, in El País‎[1]:
      Las grandes cifras macroeconómicas siempre tienen un efecto a pie de calle.
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