zapatilla

Galician

Noun

zapatilla f (plural zapatillas)

1. slipper, house shoe
2. sneaker, tennis shoe

Related terms

• zapateiro
• zapatería
• zapato

Spanish

Etymology

From zapato (“shoe”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θapaˈtiʝa/ [θa.paˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θapaˈtiʝa/ [θa.paˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θapaˈtiʎa/ [θa.paˈt̪i.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sapaˈtiʝa/ [sa.paˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /sapaˈtiʝa/ [sa.paˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /sapaˈtiʎa/ [sa.paˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sapaˈtiʃa/ [sa.paˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sapaˈtiʒa/ [sa.paˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: za‧pa‧ti‧lla

Noun

zapatilla f (plural zapatillas)

1. slipper, slip-on shoe (house shoe)

   Synonyms: pantufla, babucha, zapatilla de estar por casa

2. sneaker, trainer (ellipsis of zapatilla de deporte.)

   Synonym: zapatilla deportiva

3. cleat

   Synonym: suela

Further reading

• “zapatilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014