zapatista

Zapatista

adjective sah-pah-TEES-tah Rare

Usage Note

Zapatista refers to the political and guerrilla movement that takes its name from the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, and specifically to the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), which launched an uprising in Chiapas, Mexico in 1994. It is also used as a noun (los zapatistas). The term is politically charged and associated with indigenous rights and anti-globalization movements.

Examples

"El movimiento zapatista surgió en 1994 en Chiapas."

Natural Translation

The Zapatista movement emerged in 1994 in Chiapas.

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