boniato
Spanish, noun/boˈnjato/
boniato is spelled B-O-N-I-A-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 72,568th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boniato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sweet potato” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Ipomoea batatas) Planta herbácea de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de origen americano y extensamente…”.
What does boniato mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainmasculinesweet potato
- 2
Spaincolloquialmasculineeuro
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Ipomoea batatas) Planta herbácea de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de origen americano y extensamente cultivada por su raíz tuberosa, empleada en gastronomía. Es una enredadera perenne, de hojas cordiformes o palmatilobuladas, alternas, pecioladas, y flores simpétalas, pentámeras, de buen tamaño y atractivas. La raíz es larga y fusiforme, con la piel pardorrojiza a púrpura, y pulpa similarment 2. Raíz comestible, en forma de esta planta. Es rica en fécula y fibra, y de sabor dulce que permite su uso en una gran variedad de preparaciones, tanto de plato como de postre.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of boniato
- boniatos plural
- moniato alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boniato?
- /boˈnjato/
- [boˈnja.t̪o]
- [boˈnjat̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is boniato in Spanish?
boniato appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).