zapateo

From Spanish zapateo.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌzɑpəˈteɪ.oʊ/

zapateo (plural zapateos)

1. A competitive stamping dance with percussive footwork, historically popular among the gauchos of South America.

• IPA^(key): /θapaˈteo/ [θa.paˈt̪e.o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /sapaˈteo/ [sa.paˈt̪e.o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: za‧pa‧te‧o

Deverbal from zapatear.

zapateo m (plural zapateos)

1. stomp; stomping

• → English: zapateo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

zapateo

1. first-person singular present indicative of zapatear

• “zapateo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025