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zapateado

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za⋅pa⋅te⋅a⋅do

  [zah-puh-tee-ah-doh; Sp. thah-pah-te-ah-thaw, sah-]
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–noun, plural -dos  [-dohz; Sp. -thaws] .
a Spanish dance for a solo performer, marked by rhythmic tapping of the heels.
Origin:
1885–90; < Sp: clog or shoe dance, n. use of ptp. of zapatear to strike with the shoe, tap, deriv. of zapato shoe. See sabot, -ade 1
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za·pa·te·a·do   (zä'pə-tā-ä'dō, sä'pä-tě-)   
n.   pl. za·pa·te·a·dos

  1. The rhythmic stamping and tapping of the heels characteristic of Spanish flamenco dances.

  2. A Spanish flamenco dance in which the performer stamps and taps rhythmically with the heels.


[Spanish, from zapatear, to tap with the shoe, from zapato, shoe.]
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