🇪🇸 español

patata

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feminine

la patata

potato

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patata
/la paˈtata/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice patata en español?

AFI
/la paˈtata/

How do you pronounce patata in español?

patata is pronounced /la paˈtata/ in español.

Frases de ejemplo

La patata española es más deliciosa que la patata francesa.

The Spanish potato is more delicious than the French potato.

Esta patata pequeña es perfecta para la sopa.

This small potato is perfect for the soup.

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¿Por qué es feminine?

Patata is feminine because it derives from Taíno (an indigenous Caribbean language) "batata," which was borrowed into Spanish. The feminine gender was assigned following the productive Spanish pattern of words ending in "-ata," such as "zapata" (shoe) and "corbata" (tie), which are typically feminine. When borrowing foreign words, Spanish speakers applied this existing morphological pattern to assign gender to the loanword.

¿Cómo se dice potato en español?

En español, potato se dice la patata — feminine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇫🇷 Frenchpomme de terrelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianpatatalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesebatataafeminine

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