Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Spanish-speaking countries, a kind of sandal or low shoe with a hemp or rush sole and cloth upper.
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jinglebelljosie commented on the word alpargata
n. a canvass shoe or sandal
October 23, 2008
qms commented on the word alpargata
Throughout all the Catalan hills
They're worn by who talks and who tills.
Though all social strata
May wear alpargata
The well-born will say "espadrilles."
June 10, 2016
Tinfangwarble commented on the word alpargata
In the Wordnik 'word of the day' it says: "The word alpargata' may derive from an Arabic word for a kind of sandal." But I wonder if the etymology is closer to espadrille. In online etymology it has: "espadrille (n.) shoe with soles of hemp-rope (originally worn in the Pyrenees), 1892, from French espadrille (17c.), from Provençal espardillo, from Latin spartum "Spanish broom, Spanish grass," a plant of Iberia and North Africa that produced a fiber used to make mats, nets, ropes, etc., from Greek sparton "rope made of spartos" ("Spanish broom"), from PIE *spr-to-, from root *sper- (2) "to turn, twist" (see Sparta)."
What do you think?
June 10, 2016
qms commented on the word alpargata
It is my understanding that alpargata and espadrille do share ancestry. The Wkipedia entry for Espadrille contains the following:
June 10, 2016