zapata

See also: Zapata

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish zapato.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻apata/ [s̻a.pa.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻apata/ [s̻a.pa.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺apata/ [s̺a.pa.t̪a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ata, -a
• Hyphenation: za‧pa‧ta

Noun

zapata inan

1. shoe

   Synonym: oinetako

Declension

Declension of zapata (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	zapata	zapata	zapatak	zapatok
ergative	zapatak	zapatak	zapatek	zapatok
dative	zapatari	zapatari	zapatei	zapatoi
genitive	zapataren	zapataren	zapaten	zapaton
comitative	zapatarekin	zapatarekin	zapatekin	zapatokin
causative	zapatarengatik	zapatarengatik	zapatengatik	zapatongatik
benefactive	zapatarentzat	zapatarentzat	zapatentzat	zapatontzat
instrumental	zapataz	zapataz	zapatez	zapatotaz
inessive	zapatatan	zapatan	zapatetan	zapatotan
locative	zapatatako	zapatako	zapatetako	zapatotako
allative	zapatatara	zapatara	zapatetara	zapatotara
terminative	zapatataraino	zapataraino	zapatetaraino	zapatotaraino
directive	zapatatarantz	zapatarantz	zapatetarantz	zapatotarantz
destinative	zapatatarako	zapatarako	zapatetarako	zapatotarako
ablative	zapatatatik	zapatatik	zapatetatik	zapatotatik
partitive	zapatarik	—	—	—
prolative	zapatatzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “zapata”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “zapata”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Etymology

From zapato (“shoe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaˈpata/ [θaˈpa.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /saˈpata/ [saˈpa.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: za‧pa‧ta
• Homophone: Zapata

Noun

zapata f (plural zapatas)

1. (automotive) brake shoe

   Synonym: zapata de freno

   Coordinate term: pastilla de frenos

2. (mechanics) washer (flat disk placed beneath a nut or at some joint)

   Synonym: arandela

Further reading

• “zapata”, 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