patata
See also: pātata
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /patata/, [pa.t̪a.t̪a]
Noun
patata inan
- potato
Declension
Declension of patata (inanimate, ending in -a) | |||
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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
- pataca
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)
- potato
- Synonyms: (Valencian) creïlla, (Northern) trumfa
Derived terms
- patatada
- patata de Màlaga
- patata fregida
- patatar
- patatera
- truita de patates
Further reading
- “patata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Interlingua
Noun
patata (plural patatas)
- potato
Italian
![](Images/wiktionary/Potato_and_cross_section.jpg.webp)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish patata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈta.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ata
- Hyphenation: pa‧tà‧ta
Noun
patata f (plural patate)
- potato
- (slang) pussy (vagina)
Derived terms
- fecola di patate
- patata americana
- patata dolce
- patate fritte
- patatina
- purè di patate
Descendants
- → Afar: bataatá
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈtaː.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈta.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]
Noun
patāta f (genitive patātae); first declension
- (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)
- 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.
- (slang) butt, backside, ass
Sardinian
Etymology
From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈtata/
Noun
patata f (plural patatas)
- potato
- Synonym: pomu de terra
Spanish
![](Images/wiktionary/Porpa%C3%ADs_papa_patata.svg.png.webp)
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)
- (Spain, Philippines) potato
- Synonym: (Latin America) papa
- (colloquial) piece of rubbish
Derived terms
- almidón de patata
- comerse con patatas
- patata caliente
- patata dulce
- patatas alioli
- patatas bravas
- patatas fritas
- pelapatatas
- pisapatatas
- tortilla de patata
- tortilla de patatas
Further reading
- “patata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014