batata-roxa

Portuguese

Etymology

From batata (“potato”) +‎ roxa (“purple”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˌta.tɐˈʁo.ʃɐ/ [baˌta.tɐˈho.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˌta.tɐˈʁo.ʃɐ/ [baˌta.tɐˈho.ʃɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˌta.tɐˈʁo.ʃɐ/ [baˌta.tɐˈχo.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˌta.taˈʁo.ʃa/ [baˌta.taˈho.ʃa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˌta.tɐˈʁo.ʃɐ/

• Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧ta‧-ro‧xa

Noun

batata-roxa f (plural batatas-roxas)

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

   Synonym: batata-doce roxa

See also

• batata-doce

Further reading

• “batata-roxa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “batata-roxa”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025