zapateado

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A snappy song jarocho zapateado would rattle his bigoted bones pretty good, but you'd probably opt to see couples twirling over his plot to the brassy strains of some banda sinaloense.

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  1. noun The rhythmic stamping and tapping of the heels characteristic of Spanish flamenco dances.
  2. noun A Spanish flamenco dance in which the performer stamps and taps rhythmically with the heels.

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  • A snappy song jarocho zapateado would rattle his bigoted bones pretty good, but you'd probably opt to see couples twirling over his plot to the brassy strains of some banda sinaloense. —  Houston Press | Complete Issue
  • A snappy son jarocho zapateado would rattle his bigoted bones pretty good, but you'd probably opt to see couples twirling over his plot to the brassy strains of some banda sinaloense. —  Tucson Weekly
 

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  1. Spanish, from zapatear, to tap with the shoe, from zapato, shoe.

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