zapatear

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Spanish

Etymology

From zapato (“shoe”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θapateˈaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sapateˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: za‧pa‧te‧ar

Verb

zapatear (first-person singular present zapateo, first-person singular preterite zapateé, past participle zapateado)

  1. (transitive) to kick
  2. (transitive) to stomp
  3. (transitive) to give the boot; to dismiss

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zapatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive zapatear
gerund zapateando
past participle masculine feminine
singular zapateado zapateada
plural zapateados zapateadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present zapateo zapateastú
zapateásvos 		zapatea zapateamos zapateáis zapatean
imperfect zapateaba zapateabas zapateaba zapateábamos zapateabais zapateaban
preterite zapateé zapateaste zapateó zapateamos zapateasteis zapatearon
future zapatearé zapatearás zapateará zapatearemos zapatearéis zapatearán
conditional zapatearía zapatearías zapatearía zapatearíamos zapatearíais zapatearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present zapatee zapateestú
zapateésvos2 		zapatee zapateemos zapateéis zapateen
imperfect
(ra) 		zapateara zapatearas zapateara zapateáramos zapatearais zapatearan
imperfect
(se) 		zapatease zapateases zapatease zapateásemos zapateaseis zapateasen
future1 zapateare zapateares zapateare zapateáremos zapateareis zapatearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative zapateatú
zapateávos 		zapatee zapateemos zapatead zapateen
negative no zapatees no zapatee no zapateemos no zapateéis no zapateen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of zapatear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive zapatear
dative zapatearme zapatearte zapatearle, zapatearse zapatearnos zapatearos zapatearles, zapatearse
accusative zapatearme zapatearte zapatearlo, zapatearla, zapatearse zapatearnos zapatearos zapatearlos, zapatearlas, zapatearse
with gerund zapateando
dative zapateándome zapateándote zapateándole, zapateándose zapateándonos zapateándoos zapateándoles, zapateándose
accusative zapateándome zapateándote zapateándolo, zapateándola, zapateándose zapateándonos zapateándoos zapateándolos, zapateándolas, zapateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zapatea
dative zapatéame zapatéate zapatéale zapatéanos not used zapatéales
accusative zapatéame zapatéate zapatéalo, zapatéala zapatéanos not used zapatéalos, zapatéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zapateá
dative zapateame zapateate zapateale zapateanos not used zapateales
accusative zapateame zapateate zapatealo, zapateala zapateanos not used zapatealos, zapatealas
with formal second-person singular imperative zapatee
dative zapatéeme not used zapatéele, zapatéese zapatéenos not used zapatéeles
accusative zapatéeme not used zapatéelo, zapatéela, zapatéese zapatéenos not used zapatéelos, zapatéelas
with first-person plural imperative zapateemos
dative not used zapateémoste zapateémosle zapateémonos zapateémoos zapateémosles
accusative not used zapateémoste zapateémoslo, zapateémosla zapateémonos zapateémoos zapateémoslos, zapateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zapatead
dative zapateadme not used zapateadle zapateadnos zapateaos zapateadles
accusative zapateadme not used zapateadlo, zapateadla zapateadnos zapateaos zapateadlos, zapateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zapateen
dative zapatéenme not used zapatéenle zapatéennos not used zapatéenles, zapatéense
accusative zapatéenme not used zapatéenlo, zapatéenla zapatéennos not used zapatéenlos, zapatéenlas, zapatéense

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