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

case     \     number	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