batata

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata. Doublet of English potato.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈtɑ.tə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

batata (plural batatas)

  1. sweet potato (plant)
  2. sweet potato (foodstuff)

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

Noun

batata f (plural batates)

  1. sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas)
    Synonyms: moniatera, moniato
  2. sweet potato tuber
    Synonym: moniato

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Further reading

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

batata (accusative singular batatan, plural batataj, accusative plural batatajn)

  1. singular present passive participle of bati

Ido

Verb

batata

  1. present passive participle of batar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈta.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tà‧ta

Noun

batata f (plural batate)

  1. sweet potato
    Synonyms: patata americana, patata dolce

Lingala

Noun

batata class 2

  1. plural of tata

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish batata and Portuguese batata and Kabuverdianu batata.

The Spanish word comes from Taíno batata.

Noun

batata

  1. potato

Portuguese

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batatas

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ta

Noun

batata f (plural batatas)

  1. potato

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Marathi: बटाटा (baṭāṭā)
  • → Swahili: mbatata

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno batata. Compare patata from the same source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈtata/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: ba‧ta‧ta

Noun

batata f (plural batatas)

  1. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, parts of Argentina) sweet potato
    Synonyms: (Cuba, Uruguay) boniato, (Mexico, Central America, Chile, Peru) camote, chaco, batata dulce, papa dulce, (Spain) patata dulce

Further reading

Taíno

Noun

batata ?

  1. sweet potato

Descendants

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