patata

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See also: pātata

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /patata/ [pa.t̪a.t̪a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ta

Noun

patata inan

  1. potato

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata.

Pronunciation

Noun

patata f (plural patates)

  1. potato
    Synonyms: (Valencian) creïlla, (Northern) trumfa

Derived terms

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

patata (plural patatas)

  1. potato

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈta.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tà‧ta

Noun

patata f (plural patate)

  1. potato
  2. (slang) pussy (vagina)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afar: bataatá

Latin

Etymology

From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

Noun

patāta f (genitive patātae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) potato

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative patāta patātae
Genitive patātae patātārum
Dative patātae patātīs
Accusative patātam patātās
Ablative patātā patātīs
Vocative patāta patātae

Maltese

Etymology

From Spanish patata, likely through Sicilian patata.

Pronunciation

Noun

patata f (collective, singulative patata, paucal patati)

  1. potato, potatoes
    Inħobb niekol il-patata.I like to eat potatoes.
    Kilt patata waħda biss.I only ate one potato.
    Għandna bżonn ħames patati.We need five potatoes.
    • 1932-1935, Melita agricola; rivista ta' cull xahar li tohrog mill-ufficciu tal-biedja, page 261:
      Il-patata titlob trab ħamri, u fejn jista’ jcun m’għandhiex tinżara’ fi trab ieħor.
      Potatoes need reddish soil, and as far as possible should not be planted in other kinds of soil.
  2. (slang) butt, backside, ass

Sardinian

Etymology

From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

Noun

patata f (plural patatas)

  1. potato
    Synonym: pomu de terra

Spanish

Common names for potato in the Spanish-speaking world

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno batata. Compare batata. Though the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española lists it as a blend of papa +‎ batata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈtata/ [paˈt̪a.t̪a]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: pa‧ta‧ta

Noun

patata f (plural patatas)

  1. (Spain, Philippines) potato
    Synonym: (Latin America, Andalusia) papa
  2. (colloquial) piece of rubbish

Interjection

¡patata!

  1. (Spain) cheese! Said while being photographed

Derived terms

Further reading