zapa

• IPA^(key): /za.pa/
• Homophones: zapas, zapât

zapa

1. third-person singular past historic of zaper

Probably from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (English tap, German Zapfen, "bung"); compare the doublets tapa and tampa.^[1]

• IPA^(key): , (western)

zapa f (plural zapas)

1. bung hole of a barrel
2. bung of a barrel

   Synonym: tapón

3. trapdoor

   Synonym: zapón

• zapar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zapa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zapa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

zapa

1. inflection of zapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French zapper.

a zapa (third-person singular present zapează, past participle zapat) 1st conjugation

1. to channel-hop, channel surf

Clipping of zapato.

zapa f (plural zapas)

1. shoe

zapa

1. inflection of zapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Latin sappa (“mattock”).

zapa f (plural zapas)

1. shovel

• “zapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10