πατάτα

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

Noun

πατάτα • (patáta) f (plural πατάτες)

potato (vegetable, plant or dish)
(plural): chips (UK), fries (US)
(figuratively) mistake, error
(figuratively) something boring, uninteresting

Declension

declension of πατάτα

	singular	plural
nominative	πατάτα •	πατάτες •
genitive	πατάτας •	πατατών •
accusative	πατάτα •	πατάτες •
vocative	πατάτα •	πατάτες •

Synonyms

γεώμηλο n (geómilo) (obsolete)

Derived terms

γλυκοπατάτα f (glykopatáta, “sweet potato”)
πατατάκι n (patatáki, “potato crisp (UK); chip (US)”)
τηγανιτή πατάτα f (tiganití patáta, “chip, french fry”)
κλάνω πατάτες (kláno patátes, “to be terrified”) (literally: "to fart potatoes")

Further reading

πατάτα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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