batata
Portuguese, noun
batata is spelled B-A-T-A-T-A (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,502nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “potato” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, batatá is a different word: “alternative form of boitatá”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tubérculo da batateira empregado na alimentação; nome científico: Solanum tuberosum”.
What does batata mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepotato
- 2
feminineinformalhonker
- 3
femininelie
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of boitatá
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa que algo se materializa, ocorre ou se dá conforme afirmado, esperado ou implicitado
noun: 1. tubérculo da batateira empregado na alimentação; nome científico: Solanum tuberosum 2. o tubérculo, e por vezes o bolbo, de algumas plantas 3. mentirola; peta; asneira; parvoíce 4. nariz grosso e achatado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of batata
- batatas plural
- batatás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to batata
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is batata in Portuguese?
batata appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).