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Me duele la pierna porque caminar es reagotador.

Me duele la pierna porque caminar es reagotador.
My leg hurts because walking is super exhausting.
From Lesson 234:Colloquial superlatives (re-, súper-)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Me duele la pierna porque caminar es reagotador.

What does the re- in reagotador do, and is it a separate word?
The prefix re- is used colloquially in many parts of Latin America to mean "very" or "super." It attaches directly to the adjective or adverb without a space or hyphen. So, agotador (exhausting) becomes reagotador (super exhausting).
Why does the sentence use la pierna (the leg) instead of mi pierna (my leg)?
In Spanish, when referring to body parts, you usually use the definite article (el, la, los, las) instead of a possessive pronoun (mi, tu, etc.) if it is already clear whose body part it is. The me in Me duele already tells us whose leg is hurting!
How does the verb doler (to hurt) work in the phrase Me duele?
Doler works just like the verb gustar. The body part that hurts is actually the subject of the sentence. Literally, it translates closer to "The leg causes pain to me." Since la pierna is singular, we use the singular verb form duele along with the indirect object pronoun me.
Why does it use the infinitive caminar for "walking" instead of caminando?
In English, we often use the "-ing" form as a noun, like "Walking is exhausting." In Spanish, when an action is the subject of a sentence, you must use the infinitive form of the verb. Using caminando here would be grammatically incorrect.

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