Kilo Lingo

/pəˈteɪtəʊ/

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Translation

A round vegetable that grows under the ground and is cooked before you eat it.

Word origin

From Spanish patata, which came from batata, a word of the Taino people.

Origin
Spanish
Root
patata

Grammar

Gender
Pluralpotatoes

Examples

.

The plural adds -es: "potatoes".

Peel .

Potatoes are cooked in water, oil, or an oven.

.

One is "a potato".

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This word is part of lesson 39.