πατάτα

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

Noun

πατάτα • (patáta) f (plural πατάτες)

1. potato (vegetable, plant or dish)
2. (in the plural) chips (UK), fries (US)
3. (figuratively) mistake, error
4. (figuratively) something boring, uninteresting

Declension

Declension of πατάτα

	singular	plural
nominative	πατάτα •	πατάτες •
genitive	πατάτας •	πατατών •
accusative	πατάτα •	πατάτες •
vocative	πατάτα •	πατάτες •

Synonyms

• γεώμηλο n (geómilo) (obsolete)

Derived terms

• γλυκοπατάτα f (glykopatáta, “sweet potato”)
• πατατάκι n (patatáki, “potato crisp (UK); chip (US)”)
• τηγανητή πατάτα f (tiganití patáta, “chip, french fry”)
• κλάνω πατάτες (kláno patátes, “to be terrified”) (literally: "to fart potatoes")

Further reading

• πατάτα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el