# patata
## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /patata/ [pa.t̪a.t̪a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ata, -a
* Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ta

### Noun

patata inan
* potato

#### 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: (Central, Balearic) [pəˈta.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [paˈta.ta]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ta

### Noun

patata f (plural patates)
* 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ta.ta/

### Interjection

patata
* 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)
* potato

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈta.ta/
* Audio (la patata):(file)
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: pa‧tà‧ta

### Noun

patata f (plural patate)
* potato
* (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

### References

* ↑ patata in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

### Noun

patata f (Hebrew spelling פאטאטה)
* potato
    Synonyms: kartof, kumpir, (Skopje) mansana de tierra

#### Related terms

* patatero

### References

* ↑ “patata”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Latin
### Etymology

From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /paˈtaː.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /paˈta.ta/, [päˈt̪äːt̪ä]

### Noun

patāta f (genitive patātae); first declension
* (New Latin) potato

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Spanish patata, likely through Sicilian patata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtaː.ta/

### Noun

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
### Etymology

From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtata/

### Noun

patata f (plural patatas)
* potato
    Synonym: pomu de terra

## Spanish
### 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: /paˈtata/ [paˈt̪a.t̪a]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: pa‧ta‧ta

### Noun

patata f (plural patatas)
* (Spain, Philippines) potato
    Synonym: (Latin America, Andalusia) papa
* (colloquial) piece of rubbish

### Interjection

¡patata!
* (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

### Further reading

* “patata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10