Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
zapaton
English translation:
sturdy walking shoes
Added to glossary by
Rosa Paredes
Aug 20, 2008 04:41
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Spanish term
zapaton
Spanish to English
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Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
How can I differentiate this from just a "shoe". It's hard to describe it without a picture, but it is leather and more like a dress shoe or school shoe. It has a rather large sole and is a bit "chunkier" than a normal shoe. Thanks!!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | sturdy walking shoes |
Rosa Paredes
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| 4 | work shoe, heavy-duty shoe |
lachacel
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| 3 | Skechers / leather brogue / clodhopper |
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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| 3 | court shoe |
liz askew
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Aug 23, 2008 05:17: Rosa Paredes Created KOG entry
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Rosa Paredes
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sturdy walking shoes
es una descripción, ya lo se. Creo que será difícil encontrar un solo término para traducir 'zapatón'. Suerte!
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Comment: "Yes I decided to go with "walking shoe" in the end. I think "shoe" is really the best translation, although the client wanted something more specific. Thanks for your help."
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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Skechers / leather brogue / clodhopper
Esto es lo que he podido encontrar que se asemeja al tipo de calzado de la imagen.
http://shopping.msn.com/results/mens-casual-shoes/bcatid7462...
Clodhoppers are heavy, leather broad-bottomed shoes worn by farm persons. The broad soles of the shoes permit the foot to span lumpy clods left from plowing and other cultivating. Hence, there was born the idea that the shoe enabled feet to hop over clods.
Some Americans living in the South, as well as many African Americans use the term "clodhoppers" to refer to any kind of shoes.
In the UK the term is often used as a term to imply clumsiness associated with wearing large shoes / boots.
This shoe-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Note added at 6 horas (2008-08-20 11:12:46 GMT)
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No obstante, el termino "zapatón" es un término muy genérico que se refiere a un tipo de "clumsy shoe", ya que "zapatones" existen de distintos estilos. Los "Skechers" suelen ser parecidos al tipo de zapato que has enviado en la imagen. Suela de goma y piel en la parte superior. Se suelen utilizar para ir al colegio ya que tienen mucho "aguante".
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Note added at 7 horas (2008-08-20 12:04:53 GMT)
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You're absolutely right! Skechers es una marca registrada. Me imagino que son los que diseñaron inicialmente este tipo de calzado. Podrías poner "casual shoes, leather upper and rubber sole". No se me ocurre otra cosa.
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Note added at 7 horas (2008-08-20 12:14:29 GMT)
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Hola... Sigo buscando... ¿Qué te parece "deck shoes"? Mira estas imágenes. Yo diría que se parecen bastante a las de tu imagen:
http://www.nauticexpo.com/boat-manufacturer/shoes-2490.html?...
http://shopping.msn.com/results/mens-casual-shoes/bcatid7462...
Clodhoppers are heavy, leather broad-bottomed shoes worn by farm persons. The broad soles of the shoes permit the foot to span lumpy clods left from plowing and other cultivating. Hence, there was born the idea that the shoe enabled feet to hop over clods.
Some Americans living in the South, as well as many African Americans use the term "clodhoppers" to refer to any kind of shoes.
In the UK the term is often used as a term to imply clumsiness associated with wearing large shoes / boots.
This shoe-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Note added at 6 horas (2008-08-20 11:12:46 GMT)
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No obstante, el termino "zapatón" es un término muy genérico que se refiere a un tipo de "clumsy shoe", ya que "zapatones" existen de distintos estilos. Los "Skechers" suelen ser parecidos al tipo de zapato que has enviado en la imagen. Suela de goma y piel en la parte superior. Se suelen utilizar para ir al colegio ya que tienen mucho "aguante".
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Note added at 7 horas (2008-08-20 12:04:53 GMT)
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You're absolutely right! Skechers es una marca registrada. Me imagino que son los que diseñaron inicialmente este tipo de calzado. Podrías poner "casual shoes, leather upper and rubber sole". No se me ocurre otra cosa.
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Note added at 7 horas (2008-08-20 12:14:29 GMT)
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Hola... Sigo buscando... ¿Qué te parece "deck shoes"? Mira estas imágenes. Yo diría que se parecen bastante a las de tu imagen:
http://www.nauticexpo.com/boat-manufacturer/shoes-2490.html?...
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your feedback, but I was under the impression that Skechers was a brand name... As this is for a shoe company I can't really use the name of another company for their shoe... please correct me if I'm wrong... gracias |
1 day 16 hrs
work shoe, heavy-duty shoe
Acabo de recibir un anuncio de zapatos y se me ha ocurrido buscar zapatos similares al de la foto. He encontrado que los llaman "work shoes" y por otra parte he visto que las suelas de crepé las llaman "rubber lug sole". A mí se me ha ocurrido que también podrían llamarse "heavy-duty shoes" y he encontrado un par de sites con fotos. Espero que esto sirva.
Work shoes
http://www.dsw.com/dsw_shoes/catalog/collection.jsp?searchTy...
Rubber lug sole
http://www.dsw.com/dsw_shoes/catalog/product.jsp?index=10&ca...
Heavy-duty shoes
http://www.healthyfeetstore.com/apis-mens-shoe-801.html
http://www.123rf.com/photo_1987169.html
http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/photos/2007/07/heavy-du...
Work shoes
http://www.dsw.com/dsw_shoes/catalog/collection.jsp?searchTy...
Rubber lug sole
http://www.dsw.com/dsw_shoes/catalog/product.jsp?index=10&ca...
Heavy-duty shoes
http://www.healthyfeetstore.com/apis-mens-shoe-801.html
http://www.123rf.com/photo_1987169.html
http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/photos/2007/07/heavy-du...
2 hrs
court shoe
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q=court shoe&as_epq=...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-08-20 09:40:31 GMT)
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Hello Neozelatino
Thank you for the picture!!
Slightly different to mine!
and less elegant too!
Looks like a "walking shoe" to me...
I don't think you could go walking in "court shoes"....though some women would no doubt!!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-08-20 09:42:23 GMT)
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Could even be "chunky shoe"
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:HJzb75edKC4J:www.bizrate....
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Note added at 10 days (2008-08-30 20:41:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Why didn't I get the points, after all the effort, and suggesting "walking shoe"?
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-08-20 09:40:31 GMT)
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Hello Neozelatino
Thank you for the picture!!
Slightly different to mine!
and less elegant too!
Looks like a "walking shoe" to me...
I don't think you could go walking in "court shoes"....though some women would no doubt!!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-08-20 09:42:23 GMT)
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Could even be "chunky shoe"
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:HJzb75edKC4J:www.bizrate....
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Note added at 10 days (2008-08-30 20:41:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Why didn't I get the points, after all the effort, and suggesting "walking shoe"?
Note from asker:
| If you see the picture I posted above, I'm pretty sure that it's not a court shoe... |
Discussion
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