alpargata

Borrowed from Spanish alpargata.

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

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.

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

• alparcata, alpercata, alpergata, percata

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

• Hyphenation: al‧par‧ga‧ta

alpargata f (plural alpargatas)

1. espadrille (light shoe)

• alpargata on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “alpargata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “alpargata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Andalusian Arabic البَرْغَات (al-barḡāt), plural of بَرْغَة (barḡa). Ultimately from the same source as abarca (“sandal”), probably Basque abarka.^[1]

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

alpargata f (plural alpargatas)

1. espadrille (light shoe)

   Synonym: esparteña

• → English: alpargata

• “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], 10 December 2024
• alpargata on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es