What does zapato in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word zapato in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use zapato in Spanish.

The word zapato in Spanish means shoe, meet your match, shoelace, not hold a candle up to, a pebble in your shoe, a rock in your shoe, keep under your heel, glass slipper, open-toed shoes, close-toed shoes, flats, pumps. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word zapato

shoe

nombre masculino (calzado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se compró unos zapatos nuevos.
He bought new shoes.

meet your match

verbo transitivo (coloquial (encontrar rival de nivel)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Siempre se salía con la suya pero, esta vez, ha encontrado la horma de su zapato.
He always used to get his own way, but this time he has met his match.

shoelace

(cordón para sujetar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un lazo de zapato desatado ha sido la causa de muchas caídas.
An untied shoelace has been the cause of many falls.

not hold a candle up to

locución verbal (desaprobación (no estar al mismo nivel)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Su amante no le llega a la suela del zapato a su esposa.

a pebble in your shoe, a rock in your shoe

locución nominal femenina (figurado (algo que molesta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

keep under your heel

locución verbal (dominar a alguien)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El tirano trajo al pueblo debajo del zapato.
The tyrant kept the people under his heel.

glass slipper

locución nominal femenina (de cuento de hadas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cenicienta pierde una zapatilla de cristal la noche del baile.

open-toed shoes

(sin talón o sin punta)

A Laura le gusta usar zapatos abiertos.
Laura likes using open-toed shoes.

close-toed shoes

(con talón y punta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El uso de zapatos cerrados es reglamentario en las obras en construcción.
The use of closed-toed shoes is regulation on construction sites.

flats

(calzado sin tacón)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Siempre uso zapatos planos.
I always wear flats.

pumps

(ES (zapato formal de mujer) (shoe)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Solo se te ocurre a ti ir de paseo con zapatos salón.
You're the only person who would consider going for a walk in pumps.

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