sapato

Meaning

shoe

Hyphenated as

sa‧pa‧to

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saˈpa.tu/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese çapato, çapata, from Old Spanish çapato, of unknown origin. Cognate with Galician zapato (“shoe”), Spanish zapato (“shoe”), Basque zapata (“shoe”), Catalan sabata (“shoe”), Occitan sabata (“shoe”), French savate (“worn-out (old) shoe”) and Italian ciabatta (“slipper”).

Sentences

Cada um sabe melhor onde o sapato o aperta .

Each one knows better where the shoe squeezes him.