batata-doce roxa

Portuguese

Etymology

From batata-doce (“sweet potato”) +‎ roxa (“purple”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˌta.tɐˈdo.si ˈʁo.ʃɐ/ [baˌta.tɐˈdo.si ˈho.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˌta.tɐˈdo.si ˈʁo.ʃɐ/ [baˌta.tɐˈdo.si ˈho.ʃɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˌta.tɐˈdo.si ˈʁo.ʃɐ/ [baˌta.tɐˈdo.si ˈχo.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˌta.taˈdo.se ˈʁo.ʃa/ [baˌta.taˈdo.se ˈho.ʃa]

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

• Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ta‧-do‧ce‧ro‧xa

Noun

batata-doce roxa f (plural batatas-doces roxas)

1. Variety of sweet potato, with purple tubers, widely used in sweets.

   Synonym: batata-roxa

Further reading

• “batata-doce”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025