zapatilla
Galician
Noun
zapatilla f (plural zapatillas)
- slipper, house shoe
- sneaker, tennis shoe
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From zapato (“shoe”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sapaˈtiʝa/ [sa.paˈt̪i.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /sapaˈtiʎa/ [sa.paˈt̪i.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: za‧pa‧ti‧lla
Noun
zapatilla f (plural zapatillas)
- slipper, slip-on shoe (house shoe)
- Synonyms: pantufla, babucha, zapatilla de estar por casa
- ellipsis of zapatilla de deporte (“sneaker, trainer”)
- Synonym: zapatilla deportiva
- cleat
- Synonym: suela
Further reading
- “zapatilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024