zapateado
Spanish, noun/θapateˈado/
zapateado is spelled Z-A-P-A-T-E-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zapateado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “zapateado” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of zapatear. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de zapateo”.
What does zapateado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezapateado
verb
- 1
past participle of zapatear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de zapateo. 2. Baile español que, a semejanza del antiguo canario, se ejecuta en compás ternario y con gracioso zapateo. 3. Música de este baile. 4. Grupo de estilos de danza del folclore mexicano, derivado del son que combina sonidos de la música tradicional española con un toque mexicano y árabe.
verb: 1. Participio de zapatear.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zapateado
- zapateados plural
- zapateada feminine
- zapateadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zapateado?
- /θapateˈado/
- [θa.pa.t̪eˈa.ð̞o]
- /sapateˈado/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zapateado in Spanish?
zapateado appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).