zapateado

[ zah-puh-tee-ah-doh; Spanish thah-pah-te-ah-thaw, sah- ]

noun,plural za·pa·te·a·dos [zah-puh-tee-ah-dohz; Spanish thah-pah-te-ah-thaws, sah-]. /ˌzɑ pə tiˈɑ doʊz; Spanish ˌθɑ pɑ tɛˈɑ ðɔs, ˌsɑ-/.
  1. a Spanish dance for a solo performer, marked by rhythmic tapping of the heels.

Origin of zapateado

1
1885–90; <Spanish: clog or shoe dance, noun use of past participle of zapatear to strike with the shoe, tap, derivative of zapato shoe. See sabot, -ade1

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How to use zapateado in a sentence

  • The most elaborate piece was one meant to accompany a dance called the zapateado, or "kick-dance."

    Spanish Vistas | George Parsons Lathrop

British Dictionary definitions for zapateado

zapateado

/ Spanish (θapateˈaðo) /


nounplural -dos (-ðos)
  1. a Spanish dance with stamping and very fast footwork

Origin of zapateado

1
from zapatear to tap with the shoe, from zapato shoe

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