Polyglot Dictionary

batata

/baˈtata/

la noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Positive

Forms

plural
batatas

Meaning

  1. sweet potato

    • Asé una batata.

      I roasted a sweet potato.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

boniato

batata and boniato are close synonyms for "sweet potato"; boniato is more common in Spain, batata more common in parts of Latin America.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

batata-doce

batata-doce is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "sweet potato."

Practice

1 What does batata mean?

2 Fill the gap: Asé una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches batata?

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