batatinha
Portuguese, noun/ba.taˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/
batatinha is spelled B-A-T-A-T-I-N-H-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,952nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batatinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a small potato cultivar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of batata. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preparado alimentar que consiste em pequenos pedaços mais ou menos compridos, finos e pequenos de batata…”.
What does batatinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of batata
- 2
femininea small potato cultivar
- 3
femininechips; French fries
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. preparado alimentar que consiste em pequenos pedaços mais ou menos compridos, finos e pequenos de batata retalhada, fritados
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 batatinha
- batatinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batatinha?
- Brazil /ba.taˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ba.taˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /bɐ.tɐˈti.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is batatinha in Portuguese?
batatinha appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).