patera
Spanish, noun
patera is spelled P-A-T-E-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 61,391st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “small boat or dinghy (especially one used by illegal immigration to cross the Mediterranean Sea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pátera is a different word: “patera (bowl)”.
What does patera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall boat or dinghy (especially one used by illegal immigration to cross the Mediterranean Sea)
noun
- 1
femininepatera (bowl)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plato con poco fondo en los que se ponía el vino para libaciones en los sacrificios o bien líquidos de uso doméstico. Podían ser de bronce o plata decorados con incrustaciones, aunque los más comunes eran de loza roja.
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 patera
- pateras plural
- páteras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to patera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patera in Spanish?
patera appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).