a pie firme
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare French de pied ferme.
Adverb
[edit]- (idiomatic, archaic) steadfastly
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- Hasta los mismos que defienden a pie firme la religión y se llaman soldados avanzados de las filas de Cristo, cuidan mucho, en sociedad, de disimular todo lo posible su ortodoxia
- Even those who steadfastly defend religion and call themselves top ranked soldiers of Christ, take great care, in society, to hide their orthodoxy as much as possible.
Further reading
[edit]- “a pie firme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28