🇪🇸 espagnol

patata

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feminine

la patata

potato

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patata
/la paˈtata/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on patata en espagnol ?

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/la paˈtata/

How do you pronounce patata in espagnol?

patata is pronounced /la paˈtata/ in espagnol.

Exemples de phrases

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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Pourquoi est-ce 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.

Comment dit-on potato en espagnol ?

En espagnol, potato se dit la patata — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

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

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