What is 'little potato' when translated from English to Italian?

Answer 1

Patatina in the feminine and patatino in the masculine are literal Italian equivalents of the English phrase "little potato." The meaning derives from the combination of the feminine singular noun patata ("potato") with the diminutive endings -ina and -ino ("dear, little, small, sweet"). The respective pronunciations in Italian will be "PA-ta-TEE-na" in the feminine and "PA-ta-TEE-no" in the masculine.

Answer 2

This is a tricky one because the usual way of expressing such a thought would be by adding a suffix meaning "little" to the noun meaning "potato" ... patatina. Unfortunately, the word patatina already exists, and means "potato chip."

So I guess your best bet would be the literal translation: la piccola patata della mamma, even though it really doesn't convey the idea as well.

Answer 3

Patata is a literal Italian equivalent of the English word "potato." The Italian word serves as a feminine singular noun which may be preceded by the feminine singular definite article la ("the") or feminine singular indefinite article una ("a, an"). The pronunciation will be "pa-TA-ta" in Italian.

Answer 4

"Little potato" in English is patatina for chips or fries and patata piccola or piccola patata for small-sized potato in Italian.