al pie del cañón
Spanish, adjective/al ˌpje del kaˈɲon/
al pie del cañón is a Spanish adjective meaning “at the ready” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does al pie del cañón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
at the ready
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Siempre atento y dispuesto a llevar a cabo un trabajo, deber o misión.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce al pie del cañón?
- /al ˌpje del kaˈɲon/
- [al ˌpje ð̞el kaˈɲõn]
- [al ˈpje ð̞el kaˈɲõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.