zapatear

Spanish

Etymology

From 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)

1. (transitive) to kick
2. (transitive) to stomp
3. (transitive) to give the boot; to dismiss

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zapatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zapatear
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
		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