patata
See also: pātata
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
patata inan
Declension edit
Declension of patata (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈta.tə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [paˈta.ta]
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Rhymes: -ata
- Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ta
Noun edit
patata f (plural patates)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “patata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
patata (plural patatas)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
patata f (plural patate)
- potato
- (slang) pussy (vagina)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Afar: bataatá
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈtaː.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈta.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]
Noun edit
patāta f (genitive patātae); first declension
Declension edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish patata, likely through Sicilian patata.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
patata f (plural patatas)
- potato
- Synonym: pomu de terra
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Taíno batata. Compare batata. Though the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española lists it as a blend of papa + batata.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
patata f (plural patatas)
- (Spain, Philippines) potato
- Synonym: (Latin America, Andalusia) papa
- (colloquial) piece of rubbish
Interjection edit
¡patata!
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “patata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014