bailarina

/bailaˈɾina/ · B1 · noun · f

flat

bailarina — flat

🩰 bailar = to dance + -ina: a dancer girl, then the flat shoe she wears

From bailar, to dance. Bailarina first means a female dancer or ballerina. Spanish later used it for the flat slip-on shoe styled after ballet slippers, the same way English says ballet flat.

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