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pata

Spanish, noun/ˈpata/

pata is spelled P-A-T-A (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,810th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pata is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “paw, foot, leg (of an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of pato: female duck. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Extremidad de los animales utilizada para la locomoción en tierra, que va en número de un único par en las…”.

What does pata mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepaw, foot, leg (of an animal)

  2. 2

    feminineleg (of furniture)

  3. 3

    colloquialfemininehuman leg, foot (often used in anger)

  4. 4

    colloquialfemininefootprint (often used in anger)

    Acabo de trapear y ya dejaste tus patas.

  5. 5

    femininekickstand (a levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden)

  6. 6

    femininepocket flap

  7. 7

    femininetie, draw

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of pato: female duck

suffix

as -pata
  1. 1

    femininemasculine-path

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Extremidad de los animales utilizada para la locomoción en tierra, que va en número de un único par en las aves y los primates hasta unos 200 pares en los miriápodos de la clase Diplopoda. Funcionalmente similar, es sin embargo evolutivamente muy diferente entre invertebrados y vertebrados. En estos últimos está por lo general dividida claramente en dos secciones, articuladas en la rodilla. 2. Por extensión, cada una de las piezas de apoyo de una entidad o instrumento. 3. Pierna del ser humano. 4. Persona a la que se está unido por lazos de amistad.

noun: 1. Tablas, empate.

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 pata

  • patas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pata?

  • /ˈpata/
  • [ˈpa.t̪a]
  • /pata/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pata

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pata in Spanish?

pata appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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