alpargata

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpargata.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌælpɑːˈɡɑːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌælpəɹˈɡɑtə/

Noun

alpargata (plural alpargatas)

1. Synonym of espadrille
   • 2002, Alfred Hubert Mendes, The Autobiography of Alfred H. Mendes 1897-1991:

     My father, in conjunction with his tannery, was operating an alpargata factory (an alpargata was a cheap slipper of leather sole and knitted top of bright colours) and this young man was an employee.

Further reading

• “alpargata”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alparcata, alpercata, alpergata, percata

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic البرغات (alparḡát), plural of برغة (párḡa), ultimately from Basque abarka, abarca (“sandal”). Compare Spanish alpargata.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.paʁˈɡa.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.paɦˈɡa.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.paʁˈɡa.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.paɦˈɡa.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.paɾˈɡa.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.paɾˈɡa.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.paʁˈɡa.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.paʁˈɡa.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.paɻˈɡa.ta/ [aʊ̯.paɻˈɡa.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.pɐɾˈɡa.tɐ/ [aɫ.pɐɾˈɣa.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧par‧ga‧ta

Noun

alpargata f (plural alpargatas)

1. espadrille (light shoe)

Further reading

• alpargata on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “alpargata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “alpargata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic البَرْغَات (al-barḡāt), plural of بَرْغَة (barḡa). Ultimately from the same source as abarca (“sandal”), probably Basque abarka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alpaɾˈɡata/ [al.paɾˈɣ̞a.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: al‧par‧ga‧ta

Noun

alpargata f (plural alpargatas)

1. espadrille (light shoe)

   Synonym: esparteña

Derived terms

• alpargatero

 

Descendants

• → English: alpargata

Further reading

• “alpargata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• alpargata on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es