What does "a sus pies" mean?

Physically at or near someone's feet.

How is "a sus pies" used in a sentence?

Me postre a sus pies, de todos mis bienes y riquezas balbucee palabras inconexas.

a sus pies — meaning & examples

Language: es

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- Physically at or near someone's feet.
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- El perro se sentó a sus pies mientras su dueño trabajaba en la sala.
  The dog sat at his owner's feet while he worked in the living room.
- Durante la ceremonia, la reina permaneció a sus pies de su consejero más fiel.
  During the ceremony, the queen stayed at the feet of her most loyal advisor.
- Los niños se arrodillaron a sus pies para pedirle un deseo al anciano sabio.
  The children knelt at the feet of the wise old man to ask for a wish.
- Encontré mi libro favorito tirado a sus pies en el suelo de la habitación.
  I found my favorite book lying at his feet on the bedroom floor.
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- In a posture of submission, reverence, or adoration toward someone.
- To surrender oneself emotionally or deferentially to another.
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- El poeta estaba a sus pies, admirando cada palabra que ella pronunciaba en el recital.
  The poet was at her feet, admiring every word she spoke at the recital.
- Los fans quedaron a sus pies después del concierto, rendidos ante su talento.
  The fans were at his feet after the concert, overwhelmed by his talent.
- Ella tiene a sus pies a todo el público con su carisma y presencia escénica.
  She has the entire audience at her feet with her charisma and stage presence.
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- To have someone or something completely under one's control or influence; to command or dominate.
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- El político tenía a sus pies a los votantes gracias a sus promesas y discursos convincentes.
  The politician had the voters at his feet thanks to his promises and convincing speeches.
- Con su encanto, logró tener a sus pies a los inversores y asegurar el financiamiento.
  With her charm, she managed to have investors at her feet and secure funding.
- El entrenador mantiene a sus jugadores a sus pies para controlar cada aspecto del equipo.
  The coach keeps his players under his control to manage every aspect of the team.

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ES: Me postre a sus pies, de todos mis bienes y riquezas balbucee palabras inconexas.
EN: I threw myself at her feet, about my possessions I wildly talked gibberish.
ES: "Cuando os casáis, vuestra esposa es un ángel, queréis rendiros a sus pies y adorarla."
EN: "When first you marry, your wife is an angel... you want to kneel at her feet and worship her..."
ES: Susana, como para aturdirse y escapar al abismo sentimental que se abría a sus pies, se lanzó al torbellino del baile más alocado, el alegre charlestón...
EN: Susana, as if to confuse herself and escape the sentimental abyss that opened up her feet, he threw himself into the whirlwind of the most crazy dance, the merry charlestun...
ES: Siempre a sus pies, Odoardo Bonaventura."
EN: Always at your feet, Odoardo Bonaventura."
ES: No sólo yace a sus pies... sino que está aproximadamente a 30 centímetros de él.
EN: Not only lies at his feet. But is a good foot and a half away from him.
ES: El vestido lleno de sangre, el atizador a sus pies.
EN: Practically caught red-handed.
ES: Cogí la cartera del suelo diciendo algo bastante ridículo sobre poner mi corazón y mi riqueza a sus pies.
EN: I took the wallet from the floor saying something quite ridiculous about laying my heart and my wealth at her feet.
ES: # Nuestro lema es "Zapatos, de la fábrica a sus pies". #
EN: # Our slogan is 'Shoes direct from factory to your feet.' #
ES: Tú las vistes para que estén hermosas, y luego va un pobre hombre y levanta un rascacielos para ponerlo a sus pies.
EN: You dress them up and make them beautiful then some poor fellow comes along and puts up a skyscraper to lay at their feet.
ES: Egipto dormido a sus pies, inmutable durante siglos.
EN: Egypt asleep at his feet, immutable for centuries.
ES: Voy a decirle lo que es usted, abogado Simon, sentado aquí en su despacho de la 5ª Avenida con un limpiabotas a sus pies, un montón de esclavos de cuello blanco enviándole mensajeros.
EN: I'm going to tell you what you are, Counsellor Simon, sitting here in your Fifth Avenue office with a bootblack at your feet and a lot of white-collar slaves running your errands for you.
ES: La amo. Estoy a sus pies.
EN: Can't you see I'm at your feet?
ES: Cabalgando bajo la luz de la luna... el noble animal, resopla con pesadez... hasta que cae a sus pies, leal hasta la muerte.
EN: Down the path of the moon... the noble animal, plunging and frothing at the nostrils... till it founders at your feet, faithful unto death.
ES: ¿Quiere tener el mundo a sus pies?
EN: Don't you want the world at your feet?
ES: El mundo está a sus pies.
EN: The world is at your feet.
ES: Dejo mi corazón a sus pies.
EN: I lay my heart at your feet.
ES: Tendrá la ciudad a sus pies.
EN: You'll have New Orleans at your feet.
ES: A humillarme a sus pies.
EN: Grovel at his feet.
ES: Me rindo a sus pies.
EN: I surrender to your feet.
ES: Majestad, vengo a postrarme a sus pies con la mayor gratitud por los beneficios que habéis dignado conceder a mi hogar, y por las numerosas muestras de afecto que nos habéis concedido en cada lugar de vuestros dominios.
EN: Your Majesty, I've come to lay at your feet feelings of the deepest gratitude... for the benefactions which your bounty has heaped upon my house, and of which many instances are given me at every step I take into your realms.

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