alpargata

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.

• alparcata
• alpercata
• alpergata

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (alparḡát), plural of [script needed] (párḡa), ultimately from Basque abarka, abarca (“sandal”).

alpargata f (plural alpargatas)

1. espadrille (light shoe)

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (alparḡát), plural of [script needed] (párḡa), ultimately from the same source as abarca (“sandal”).

• IPA^(key): /alparˈɡata/, [alparˈɣat̪a]

alpargata f (plural alpargatas)

1. espadrille (light shoe)

• esparteña

• alpargatero

• “alpargata” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.