zapatear
Spanish
Etymology
zapato (“shoe”) + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θapateˈaɾ/ [θa.pa.t̪eˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sapateˈaɾ/ [sa.pa.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: za‧pa‧te‧ar
Verb
zapatear (first-person singular present zapateo, first-person singular preterite zapateé, past participle zapateado)
- (transitive) to kick
- (transitive) to stomp
- (transitive) to give the boot; to dismiss
Conjugation
Conjugation of zapatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | zapatear | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 |
Derived terms
- zapateo
Further reading
- “zapatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014