dar pé
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to give foot”.
Verb
[edit]dar pé (first-person singular present dou pé, first-person singular preterite dei pé, past participle dado pé)
- (idiomatic, intransitive, of a water body) to have good footing; to be shallow enough to step on the underwater ground
- O rio é muito fundo! Não está dando pé!
- The river is too deep! I can't put my foot on it!
(lit.: [...] It is not giving foot)
- The river is too deep! I can't put my foot on it!
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dar, pé.
Conjugation
[edit]1Superseded.