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Galician
Noun
zapatilla f (plural zapatillas)
- slipper, house shoe
- sneaker, tennis shoe
Spanish
Etymology
From zapato (“shoe”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θapaˈtiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θapaˈtiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sapaˈtiʝa/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /sapaˈtiʝa/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /sapaˈtiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sapaˈtiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sapaˈtiʒa/
- Syllabification: za‧pa‧ti‧lla
Noun
zapatilla f (plural zapatillas)
- slipper, slip-on shoe (house shoe)
- Synonyms: pantufla, babucha, zapatilla de estar por casa
- sneaker, trainer (ellipsis of zapatilla de deporte.)
- Synonym: zapatilla deportiva
- cleat
- Synonym: suela
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