Polyglot Dictionary

boniato

/boˈnjato/

el noun B2

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
boniatos

Meaning

  1. sweet potato

    • Asó boniatos.

      She roasted sweet potatoes.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

batata

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 boniato mean?

2 Fill the gap: Asó ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches boniato?

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