Zapata

[zuh-pah-tuh, sah-pah-tah]

noun

1. Emiliano 1877?–1919, Mexican revolutionary and agrarian reformer: guerrilla leader 1911–16.

Zapata

/ θaˈpata, zəˈpɑːtə /

noun

1. Emiliano (emiˈljano). ?1877–1919, Mexican guerrilla leader

Example Sentences

A striking 1970s poster from Cesar Chavez’s Farm Worker Press features Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata — rifle in one hand, sword in the other — reimagined as a mascot for California’s United Farm Workers.

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José had a childhood friend, Horacio Zapata, who also migrated to the U.S. and who hasn’t seen his father in 30 years.

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Zapata worked as a landscaper in El Paso, sending most of his earnings to his family back in Venezuela but occasionally splurging on a steak dinner or a visit to a water park with friends.

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In a YouTube video of this final L.A. show, Zapata often closes her eyes and vividly emotes the pain, anger and joy in her music.

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His grandfather fought alongside Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata and often shared his war stories from the early 1900s.

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