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prata

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Singapore/ˈpɹɑːtɑː/

prata noun: synonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a flat grill).

Noun

prata (uncountable)

  1. (Singapore) Synonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a flat grill)
    • The fact that these guys were cocky enough to not merely name this snack a perfectly acceptable prata and curry, but egg prata with fish curry, made us quite certain[…].2018 September 5, Florence Fong, “Egg Prata With Fish Curry Potato Chips Taste Test: Nice Or Not?”, in Today, Singapore, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2019
    • A trio upset with a cook who had denied them free prata slashed him with a knife and left him with a deep wound.2019 April 5, Shaffiq Alkhatib, “Man jailed over attack on prata cook”, in The Straits Times, Singapore
    Synonyms:
    roti prata

Verb

prata (third-person singular simple present pratas, present participle prataing, simple past and past participle prataed)

  1. (Singapore, intransitive, slang, transitive) To change one's position repeatedly, vacillate, flip-flop (following the repeated flipping when making prata).
    • With all this roti-prataing still can trust not?2025 March 15, Instagram
    • I have no issue with them flip-flopping, or in local parlance, roti-prataing. It's a fluid situation, which demands fluid solutions.2020, Reddit

Synonyms of prata

Forms of prata

third-person singular presentpratas
present participleprataing
past participleprataed
pastprataed

Origin of prata

From Tamil பரோட்டா (parōṭṭā), related to Hindi पराठा (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta and paratha.

Words formed from prata

Phrases with prata

Questions about prata

What does prata mean?
Prata means synonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a flat grill).
What part of speech is prata?
Prata can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce prata?
Prata is pronounced /ˈpɹɑːtɑː/ (Singapore).

Words near prata in the dictionary

  1. prat boy
  2. prat boys
  3. prat digger
  4. prat diggers
  5. Prat-Bonrepaux
  6. prata
  7. prata bomb
  8. prata bombs
  9. pratal
  10. Pratap
  11. Pratapgarh

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