batata
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata. Doublet of potato.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈtɑ.tə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
batata (plural batatas)
- sweet potato (plant)
- sweet potato (foodstuff)
- 2007 December 26, Julia Moskin, “A Celebration of the New Year Ushers in a Bit of Japan”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
- She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy mustard greens), shops in the Caribbean markets of her Washington Heights neighborhood for batatas rather than Japanese satsumaimo (yellow sweet potatoes), and has learned to love the local mofongo, the Dominican version of mashed plantains with lots of garlic.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
batata f (plural batates)
- sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas)
- sweet potato tuber
- Synonym: moniato
Coordinate terms
Further reading
- “batata”, 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
- “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, 2026
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈtata/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: ba‧ta‧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(key): /baˈta.ta/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Hyphenation: ba‧tà‧ta
Noun
batata f (plural batate)
- sweet potato
- Synonyms: patata americana, patata dolce
Lingala
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàtààtá.
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
Ponosakan
Etymology
From Manado Malay batata, from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata.
Noun
batata
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈta.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈta.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈta.tɐ/
- Rhymes: -atɐ
- Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ta
Noun
batata f (plural batatas)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Gujarati: બટાટો (baṭāṭo)
- → Itsekiri: imatátá, matátá
- → Kannada: ಬಟಾಟಿ (baṭāṭi)
- → Konkani: बटाट (baṭāṭ)
- → Makhuwa: patata
- → Marathi: बटाटा (baṭāṭā)
- → Sinhalese: බතල (batala)
- → Swahili: mbatata
Further reading
- “batata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “batata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “batata”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “batata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Taíno batata. Doublet of patata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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, Canary Islands, parts of Argentina) sweet potato
- Synonyms: (Cuba, Uruguay, Spain) boniato, (Mexico, Central America, Chile, Peru) camote, chaco, batata dulce, papa dulce, (Spain) patata dulce
Descendants
- → Portuguese: batata
Further reading
- “batata”, 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
Taíno
Noun
batata ?