Shoe – el zapato
(Pronounced thah-pah-toh)
To remember that shoe is pronounced thah-pah-toh (zapato) in European Spanish, use the following mnemonic:
The shoe that pa was wearing didn't hide his toe (zapato).
Zapatos is masculine, so it’s el zapato. Think of an elephant being fitted with shoes:
Examples of zapato (shoe) in a sentence
Me gustan mucho estos zapatos rojos.
(I really like these red shoes.)
¿Dónde dejé mi zapato derecho?
(Where did I leave my right shoe?)
El zapato me aprieta demasiado.
(The shoe is too tight on me.)
