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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Monday February 26, 2007
zapato, noun:
shoe
zapatos de tacón
high-heel shoes
zapatos planos
flat shoes
zapatos de piso
flat shoes
When we’re talking about clothing in English we tend to use words like ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’. But in Spanish these words are usually translated by the definite article, in this case el or los:
Se puso los zapatos.
She put on her shoes.
The same thing applies when you’re talking about parts of the body:
Se está lavando la cabeza.
She’s washing her hair.
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