How to pronounce “zapato”

Hear how “zapato (shoe)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

zapatosah-PAH-toh (Latin America) · thah-PAH-toh (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	shoe
Syllables	za · pa · to (3)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: PA.
IPA (Latin America)	/sa.ˈpa.to/
IPA (Spain)	/θa.ˈpa.to/

z sounds like s in Latin America and like the "th" in "think" in most of Spain.
Keep every vowel short and pure: a = "ah", e = "eh", i = "ee", o = "oh", u = "oo". No gliding.

Me falta un zapato.I'm missing a shoe.

Estos zapatos son nuevos.These shoes are new.