patata

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

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	—	—

Derived terms

• patata-koko (“Colorado beetle”)
• patata-zomorro (“Colorado beetle”)

 

Further reading

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

Catalan

Alternative forms

• pataca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

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

Noun

patata f (plural patates)

1. potato

   Synonyms: (Valencian) creïlla, (Northern) trumfa

Derived terms

• patata de Màlaga
• patata fregida
• patatada
• patatar
• patatera
• truita de patates

 

Further reading

• “patata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ta.ta/

Interjection

patata

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

References

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

Interlingua

Noun

patata (plural patatas)

1. potato

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈta.ta/

• Audio (la patata):

  (file)

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

Noun

patata f (plural patate)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

• fecola di patate
• patata americana
• patata dolce
• patate fritte
• patatina
• purè di patate

 

Descendants

• → Afar: bataatá

Latin

Etymology

From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈtaː.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈta.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]

Noun

patāta f (genitive patātae); first declension

1. (New Latin) potato

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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, Andalusia) papa

2. (colloquial) piece of rubbish

Interjection

¡patata!

1. (Spain) cheese! Said while being photographed

Derived terms

• almidón de patata
• comerse con patatas
• donde no hay mata no hay patata
• escarabajo de la patata
• patata caliente
• patata de caña
• patata de Telinga
• patata dulce
• patatas alioli
• patatas bravas
• patatas fritas
• patatero
• pelapatatas
• pisapatatas
• tortilla de patata
• tortilla de patatas

 

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10