🇮🇹 italiano

patata

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la patata

potato

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patata
/la paˈtaːta/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice patata en italiano?

AFI
/la paˈtaːta/

How do you pronounce patata in italiano?

patata is pronounced /la paˈtaːta/ in italiano.

Frases de ejemplo

La patata dolce è più nutriente della patata bianca.

The sweet potato is more nutritious than the white potato.

Quella patata grande e rossa è perfetta per fare un purè cremoso.

That big red potato is perfect for making a creamy mash.

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¿Por qué es feminine?

Patata is feminine in Italian because it derives from Spanish "patata," which came from Taíno (an indigenous Caribbean language) "batata," and this word retained feminine gender when adopted into Italian, likely influenced by the feminine ending "-a" that already characterized many Italian nouns. The gender assignment was essentially arbitrary once the word entered Italian, following the common pattern where "-a" ending words are typically feminine.

¿Cómo se dice potato en italiano?

En italiano, potato se dice la patata — feminine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇫🇷 Frenchpomme de terrelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishpatatalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesebatataafeminine

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