zapa

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /za.pa/ Homophones: zapas, zapât === Verb === zapa third-person singular past historic of zaper == Galician == === Etymology === Probably from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (English tap, German Zapfen, "bung"); compare the doublets tapa and tampa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈθapɐ], (western) [ˈsapɐ] === Noun === zapa f (plural zapas) bung hole of a barrel bung of a barrel Synonym: tapón trapdoor Synonym: zapón ==== Related terms ==== zapar === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zapa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zapa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Verb === zapa inflection of zapar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French zapper. === Verb === a zapa (third-person singular present zapează, past participle zapat) 1st conjugation to channel-hop, channel surf ==== Conjugation ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθapa/ [ˈθa.pa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsapa/ [ˈsa.pa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -apa Syllabification: za‧pa === Etymology 1 === Clipping of zapato. ==== Noun ==== zapa f (plural zapas) shoe === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== zapa inflection of zapar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Etymology 3 === From Latin sappa (“mattock”). ==== Noun ==== zapa f (plural zapas) shovel ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “zapa”, 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