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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "TAH" (as in "tar") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

Potato in Spain, the exact same vegetable but with a different name than the rest of the Spanish-speaking world which says 'papa.' It's one of the classic Spain-vs-LatAm vocabulary differences.

Examples

Spanish omelette is made with potatoes and eggs.

I'll have the baked potato with everything on it.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Perú
Bandera de Bolivia
Bandera de Ecuador
Papa

NVM

Bandera de México
Bandera de Argentina
+5

Short for "never mind." Used across the Spanish-speaking internet to withdraw something you said or cancel a question. Exact same meaning as the English original.