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zapato

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “zapato” mean in English?

  1. shoe

Example sentences

  • Llevo zapatos negros.

    I'm wearing black shoes.

  • Mis zapatos son nuevos.

    My shoes are new.

  • Voy a la zapatería.

    I'm going to the shoe shop.

How to use it

Zapato means 'shoe'. Masculine: el zapato. Almost always plural in practice (los zapatos = a pair). The shoe shop is la zapatería.

Common mistake

Default to the plural los zapatos when referring to a pair. Singular zapato refers to one shoe (rare in normal conversation).

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.