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caer de pie

Spanish, verb/kaˌeɾ de ˈpje/

caer de pie is a Spanish verb meaning “to land on one's feet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does caer de pie mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to land on one's feet

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Tener suerte.

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.

Forms of caer de pie

  • caigo de pie first-person present singular
  • caí de pie first-person preterite singular
  • caído de pie participle past
  • caer de pies alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce caer de pie?

  • /kaˌeɾ de ˈpje/
  • [kaˌeɾ ð̞e ˈpje]
  • [kaˈeɾ ð̞e ˈpje]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.