batata
US/bəˈtɑ.tə/
batata noun: sweet potato (plant).
Noun
batata (plural batatas)
- sweet potato (plant)
- sweet potato (foodstuff)
- She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy mustard greens), shops in the Caribbean markets of her Washington Heights neighborhood for batatas rather than Japanese satsumaimo (yellow sweet potatoes), and has learned to love the local mofongo, the Dominican version of mashed plantains with...2007 December 26, Julia Moskin, “A Celebration of the New Year Ushers in a Bit of Japan”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
Forms of batata
| plural | batatas |
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Origin of batata
Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata. Doublet of potato.
Questions about batata
- What does batata mean?
- Batata means sweet potato (plant).
- What part of speech is batata?
- Batata is a noun.
- How do you pronounce batata?
- Batata is pronounced /bəˈtɑ.tə/ (US).
- What is the plural of batata?
- The plural of batata is batatas.
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