# batata
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

batata (plural batatas)
* sweet potato (plant)
* sweet potato (foodstuff)

#### Derived terms

* batata vada

### Anagrams

* Tabata

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno batata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [bəˈta.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [baˈta.ta]

### Noun

batata f (plural batates)
* sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas)
    Synonyms: moniatera, moniato
* sweet potato tuber
    Synonym: moniato

#### Coordinate terms

* patata

### Further reading

* “batata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “batata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “batata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈta.ta/

### Adjective

batata (accusative singular batatan, plural batataj, accusative plural batatajn)
* singular present passive participle of bati

## Ido
### Verb

batata
* present passive participle of batar

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈta.ta/
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: ba‧tà‧ta

### Noun

batata f (plural batate)
* sweet potato
    Synonyms: patata americana, patata dolce

## Lingala
### Noun

batata class 2
* plural of tata

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish batata and Portuguese batata and Kabuverdianu batata.
The Spanish word comes from Taíno batata.

### Noun

batata
* potato

## Ponosakan
### Etymology

From Manado Malay batata, from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata.

### Noun

batata
* sweet potato

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /baˈta.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /baˈta.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /baˈta.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈta.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -atɐ
* Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ta

### Noun

batata f (plural batatas)
* potato

#### Derived terms

* batata frita
* batata-da-terra
* batata-doce
* batata-palha

#### Related terms

* batatal
* batateiro
* marmêndoa

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: બટાટો (baṭāṭo)
* → Itsekiri: imatátá, matátá
* → Marathi: बटाटा (baṭāṭā)
** → Kannada: ಬಟಾಟೆ (baṭāṭe)
* → Sindhi: پٽاٽو
* → Swahili: mbatata

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈtata/ [baˈt̪a.t̪a]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: ba‧ta‧ta

### Noun

batata f (plural batatas)
* (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

* “batata”, 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

## Taíno
### Noun

batata ?
* sweet potato

#### Descendants

* Portuguese: batata
** → Gujarati: બટાટો (baṭāṭo)
** → Itsekiri: imatátá, matátá
** → Marathi: बटाटा (baṭāṭā)
*** → Kannada: ಬಟಾಟೆ (baṭāṭe)
** → Sindhi: پٽاٽو
** → Swahili: mbatata
* Spanish: batata, patata