durmiendo la piez

Pronunciations

durmiendo la piez (door-mee-AN-doo lah PJES) listen

Definitions

  • interj. An expression that one looks tired.

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • durmiendo la piez, lit. 'sleeping the feet' meaning that one is so tired that their head is hanging low, towards their feet

    • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and
      • post-expulsion
      • in Turkey
      • Greece
      • and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      durmiendo la pies

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