zapatear
Spanish, verb/θapateˈaɾ/
zapatear is spelled Z-A-P-A-T-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zapatear is a Spanish verb meaning “to kick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does zapatear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kick
- 2
to stomp
- 3
to give the boot; to dismiss
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of zapatear
- zapateo first-person present singular
- zapateé first-person preterite singular
- zapateado participle past
- zapateando gerund
- zapateada feminine participle past
- zapateados masculine participle past
- zapateadas feminine participle past
- zapateas indicative informal present
- zapateás indicative informal present
- zapatea indicative present singular
- zapateamos first-person indicative plural
- zapateáis indicative plural present
- zapatean indicative plural present
- zapateaba first-person imperfect indicative
- zapateabas imperfect indicative second-person
- zapateábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- zapateabais imperfect indicative plural
- zapateaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zapatear?
- /θapateˈaɾ/
- [θa.pa.t̪eˈaɾ]
- /sapateˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zapatear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zapatear in Spanish?
zapatear appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).