patata

See also: pātata

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /patata/, [pa.t̪a.t̪a]

Noun

patata inan

  1. potato

Declension
Declension of patata (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive patata patata patatak
ergative patatak patatak patatek
dative patatari patatari patatei
genitive patataren patataren pataten
comitative patatarekin patatarekin patatekin
causative patatarengatik patatarengatik patatengatik
benefactive patatarentzat patatarentzat patatentzat
instrumental patataz patataz patatez
inessive patatatan patatan patatetan
locative patatatako patatako patatetako
allative patatatara patatara patatetara
terminative patatataraino patataraino patatetaraino
directive patatatarantz patatarantz patatetarantz
destinative patatatarako patatarako patatetarako
ablative patatatatik patatatik patatetatik
partitive patatarik — —
prolative patatatzat — —

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /pəˈta.tə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /paˈta.ta/
  • Audio (Valencian)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ta

Noun

patata f (plural patates)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

patata (plural patatas)

  1. potato

Italian

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)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Afar: bataatá

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈtaː.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈta.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]

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
  • IPA(key): /paˈtaː.ta/

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
  • IPA(key): /paˈtata/

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) papa
  2. (colloquial) piece of rubbish

Derived terms

Further reading
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