parar los pies
Spanish
Etymology
Literally "stop the feet"
Verb
parar los pies (first-person singular present paro los pies, first-person singular preterite paré los pies, past participle parado los pies)
- (idiomatic) to stop (someone) in their tracks
- Hay que pararle los pies.
- We must stop him in his tracks.
Further reading
- “parar los pies a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025