patata

See also: pātata

Basque

Etymology

Etymology tree

Taíno batatabor.

Spanish patatabor.

Basque patata

Borrowed from Spanish patata, borrowed from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /patata/ [pa.t̪a.t̪a]

• Audio:

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

Noun

patata inan

1. potato

Declension

Declension of patata (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	patata	patata	patatak	patatok
ergative	patatak	patatak	patatek	patatok
dative	patatari	patatari	patatei	patatoi
genitive	patataren	patataren	pataten	pataton
comitative	patatarekin	patatarekin	patatekin	patatokin
causative	patatarengatik	patatarengatik	patatengatik	patatongatik
benefactive	patatarentzat	patatarentzat	patatentzat	patatontzat
instrumental	patataz	patataz	patatez	patatotaz
inessive	patatatan	patatan	patatetan	patatotan
locative	patatatako	patatako	patatetako	patatotako
allative	patatatara	patatara	patatetara	patatotara
terminative	patatataraino	patataraino	patatetaraino	patatotaraino
directive	patatatarantz	patatarantz	patatetarantz	patatotarantz
destinative	patatatarako	patatarako	patatetarako	patatotarako
ablative	patatatatik	patatatik	patatetatik	patatotatik
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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “patata”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Alternative forms

• pataca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencia):

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• 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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cornish

Patata

Etymology

Borrowed from English potato.

Noun

patata m (plural patatys)

1. potato

   Synonyms: aval dor, patatysen, tetti

Derived terms

• patata melys (“sweet potato”)

Mutation

Mutation of patata

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
patata	batata	fatata	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ta.ta/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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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):

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

Noun

patata f (plural patate)

1. potato

   Synonym: (rare) pomo di terra

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

Ladino

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

Noun

patata f (Hebrew spelling פאטאטה)

1. potato

   Synonyms: kartof, kumpir, (Skopje) mansana de tierra

Related terms

• patatero

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Taíno batatabor.

Spanish patatabor.

Latin patāta

Borrowed from Spanish patata, borrowed from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

patāta f (genitive patātae); first declension

1. (New Latin) potato

   Synonyms: solānum, colocāsia, malum terrae

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/
• Rhymes: -aːta

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):

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

Noun

patata f (plural patatas)

1. (Spain, Philippines) potato

   Synonym: (Hispanic 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
• tragarse con patatas

Further reading

• “patata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025