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1 patata
f potato* * *patata s.f. (bot.) ( Solanum tuberosum) potato*: patate fritte, fried potatoes (o chips o amer. French fries); ( croccanti) crisps, (o amer. chips); patate lesse, boiled potatoes; patate novelle, new potatoes; fecola di patate, potato flour; purè di patate, mashed potatoes // patata americana, ( Ipomoea batatas) sweet potato (o batata o Spanish potato) // (chim.) alcol di patate, potato alcohol // spirito di patata, ( umore scipito) weak humour // patata bollente, (fig.) hot potato: passare ad altri la patata bollente, to hand (o to pass) on the hot potato // non stare lì come un sacco di patate!, don't stand gawping! // naso a patata, button nose.* * *[pa'tata]sostantivo femminile potato*patata americana o dolce sweet potato, yam AE; patata bollente hot potato; passare la patata bollente a qcn. to leave sb. holding the baby; -e fritte — chips BE, (French) fries AE
••sacco di -e — clumsy person, clodhopper colloq.
* * *patata/pa'tata/sostantivo f.potato*\naso a patata button nose; sacco di -e clumsy person, clodhopper colloq.; che spirito di patata! what a weak humour!\patata americana o dolce sweet potato, yam AE; patata bollente hot potato; passare la patata bollente a qcn. to leave sb. holding the baby; - e fritte chips BE, (French) fries AE.
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