patata

Borrowed from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

• IPA^(key): /patata/ [pa.t̪a.t̪a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ata, -a
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ta

patata inan

1. potato

• “patata”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “patata”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• pataca

Borrowed from Spanish patata.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈta.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈta.ta]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ta

patata f (plural patates)

1. potato

   Synonyms: (Valencian) creïlla, (Northern) trumfa

• “patata”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from English potato.

patata m (plural patatys)

1. potato

   Synonyms: aval dor, patatysen, tetti

• IPA^(key): /pa.ta.ta/

patata

1. only used in et patati et patata (“blah blah blah”)

• “patata”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

patata (plural patatas)

1. potato

Borrowed from Spanish patata.

• IPA^(key): /paˈta.ta/^[1]

• Audio (la patata):

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pa‧tà‧ta

patata f (plural patate)

1. potato
2. (slang) pussy (vagina)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

• → Afar: bataatá

Inherited from Old Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

patata f (Hebrew spelling פאטאטה)^[1]

1. potato

   Synonyms: kartof, kumpir, (Skopje) mansana de tierra

From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈtaː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈt̪aː.t̪a]

patāta f (genitive patātae); first declension

1. (New Latin) potato

First-declension noun.

From Spanish patata, likely through Sicilian patata.

• IPA^(key): /paˈtaː.ta/

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

From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

• IPA^(key): /paˈtata/

patata f (plural patatas)

1. potato

   Synonym: pomu de terra

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

• IPA^(key): /paˈtata/ [paˈt̪a.t̪a]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pa‧ta‧ta

patata f (plural patatas)

1. (Spain, Philippines) potato

   Synonym: (Hispanic America, Andalusia) papa

2. (colloquial) piece of rubbish

¡patata!

1. (Spain) cheese! Said while being photographed

• “patata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024