batata-doce

Portuguese

Etymology

From batata (“potato”) +‎ doce (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˌta.tɐˈdo.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˌta.tɐˈdo.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˌta.taˈdo.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˌta.tɐˈdo.sɨ/ [bɐˌta.tɐˈðo.sɨ]

Noun

batata-doce f (plural batatas-doces)

1. sweet potato

   Synonym: batata-da-terra

See also

• inhame

Further reading

• “batata-doce”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025