a pé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ape"

Galician

Etymology

Literally, “at foot”. Compare Portuguese a pé, Catalan a peu, French à pied, Italian a piedi and Sicilian a pedi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈpɛ]

Adverb

a pé

1. on foot; afoot

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “a pé”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “a pé”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “a pé”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “at foot”. Compare Galician a pé, Catalan a peu, French à pied, Italian a piedi and Sicilian a pedi.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a ˈpɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ ˈpɛ/

Adverb

a pé (not comparable)

1. afoot (by walking, especially a long distance, as opposed to using a vehicle)

   Synonym: (Portugal, colloquial) a penantes

   Antonym: a cavalo

Further reading

• “a pé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026