moniato

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish moniato, a variant of boniato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.niˈa.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [mo.niˈa.to]

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Noun

moniato m (plural moniatos)

1. the sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas)

   Synonyms: batata, moniatera

2. the sweet potato tuber

   Synonym: batata

Further reading

• “moniato” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈnjato/ [moˈnja.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: mo‧nia‧to

Noun

moniato m (plural moniatos)

1. Alternative form of boniato

Descendants

• → Catalan: moniato

Further reading

• “moniato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10