zapatilla

From zapato (“shoe”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).

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zapatilla de deporte
zapatilla de deporte#Spanish

sneaker, trainer (ellipsis of zapatilla de deporte.)


zapato

→ Bikol Central: sapatos

→ Cebuano: sapatos

→ Chayuco Mixtec: zapato

→ Cora: tsapoáto

→ Cuyunon: sapatos

→ Guaraní: sapatu

→ Hiligaynon: sapatos

→ Ilocano: sapatos

→ Kapampangan: sapatus

→ Masbatenyo: sapatos

→ Sambali: sapatos

desc

→ Southern Catanduanes Bicolano: sapatos

→ Tagalog: sapatos

→ Tausug: sapatus

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: sapötos

→ Waray-Waray: sapatos

→ Ye'kwana: sajatu

Inherited from Old Spanish çapato, of unknown origin shared with French sabot and savate, Italian ciabatta (whence chapata), Catalan sabata f, Portuguese sapato and Arabic سَبَّاط (sabbāṭ). Possibly from a close relative of Tatar чабата (çabata, “overshoes”) or Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, “patchwork, tatters”), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, “a kind of traditional leather shoe”).


zueco

Inherited from Latin soccus (“slipper”). Compare Catalan soc.


planta

Inherited from Old Spanish planta (“plant”), from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Compare the now obsolete inherited form llanta.

inh+

(footwear) sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)


tenis

trainer, running shoe, tennis shoes, sneaker


chancla

From chanca, from Late Latin zanca, zancha (“a kind of soft Parthian shoe”) from Parthian.


abarca

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Basque abarka. Doublet of alpargata, which was first borrowed by Arabic.


huarache

huaraches (plural)
guarache (alternative)


playera

(Spain) tennis shoes, trainers, training shoes, running shoes, runners, sneakers (sports shoe)


playero

(northern Spain) trainer, sneaker (sports shoe)


calcetín

→ Basque: galtzetin

→ Tausug: kalsitin


bailarina

(footwear) ballet flat, flat, dolly shoe, ballet pump, ballerina, ballerina shoes


mocasín

Borrowed from English moccasin, from Powhatan mockasins.

(footwear, rare) moccasin (native North American shoe)

(footwear) laceless medium or low-heeled shoe


tacón

Chavacano: tacon

→ Tagalog: takong

(Mexico, Central America, Cuba, usually in the plural) high heel


pantufla

pantuflas (plural)
pantuflo (alternative)


coturno

From Ancient Greek κόθορνος (kóthornos).


babucha

slipper, babouche (low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily, especially in Middle Eastern contexts)


ojota

(Chile, Argentina, Peru) flip-flop (artisanal type)


madreña

Inherited from Old Spanish madrueña, from Latin māteria (“wood”) + -ōnea.


cacle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cactli (“sandal, shoe”).

bor+

a type of leather sandal traditionally worn in Mexico

(colloquial, Mexico) shoe (any kind of footwear)


alpargata

→ English: alpargata

From Andalusian Arabic البَرْغَات (al-barḡāt), plural of بَرْغَة (barḡa). Ultimately from the same source as abarca (“sandal”), probably Basque abarka.


catiusca

catiuscas (plural)
katiuska (alternative)


katiuska

katiuskas (plural)
catiusca (alternative)


alpargatero

es-noun

alpargatero m (plural alpargateros, feminine alpargatera, feminine plural alpargateras)

alpargateros (plural)
alpargatera (feminine)
alpargateras (feminine plural)

From alpargata (“espadrille”) + -ero (agent noun suffix).

suf

España no es una nación de alpargateros, ni son franquistas todos los que desean que sus símbolos sean respetados, como deben serlo los de cualquier otro país.

2015 November 9, Rafael Dezcallar, “Una cuestión política”, in El País:


zapato de aguja

es-noun

zapato de aguja m (plural zapatos de aguja)


borceguí

borceguí m (plural borceguís or borceguíes)

First attested in Old French broissequin (1316), probably with known suffix -in from Arabic بَرْذَعَة (barḏaʕa, “saddle-pad”), a material reused for shoes.

der

historical Spanish boot of the Middle Ages


escarpín

Borrowed from Italian scarpino, diminutive of Italian scarpa (“shoe”).


zapatilla de estar por casa

es-noun

zapatilla de estar por casa f (plural zapatillas de estar por casa)


estileto

Se combina muy bien con zapatillas, estiletos o un par de botas de invierno.

2017 December 18, “La gabardina es el nuevo vestido”, in La Prensa:


pata de rana

(Argentina) flipper (footwear for swimming)


zapatilla deportiva

zapatilla deportiva f (plural zapatillas deportivas)


bota de potro

a type of riding boot made from horse skin, worn by South American gauchos