alpagat

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noun

A kind of sandal, alpargata.

OriginSpanish alpargata →
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Meanings

nounalpagat (plural alpagats)

plural alpagats

  1. Trinidad and TobagoA kind of sandal, alpargata.

    Costumes are simple, the girls wearing full short skirts, blouses trimmed in swansdown, washikongs or alpagats, and decorated metallic paper crowns.

    1988, Trinidad Carnival, page 78

Origin

  1. Spanishalpargata
  2. Englishalpagat

Borrowed from Spanish alpargata.

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APA

alpagat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alpagat

MLA

“alpagat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alpagat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alpagat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alpagat.

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