What does "Pata" mean?

Question

I've looked up the word "pata" and in some dictionaries/translations it means paw while others give me that it means foot, leg. or limb. Does anyone know the exact translation of this word? And how to use it in a sentence or in what context to use it in? Thanks.

Good question! - 00ffada9, May 28, 2014

Ese perrito tiene cuatro patas. // Cuando compré la refri sólo vino con tres patitas. Falta una. - jphip, May 28, 2014

Answer 1

There might be regional differences, but here in Baja people have piernas and animals and things have patas.

Esa mesa solo tiene tres patas.

: ) - jphip, May 28, 2014

Answer 2

La pata es la esposa del pato.

: ) - jphip, May 28, 2014

Hola, Chileno! I looked up your sentence and here is how SD translates it: "The leg is the wife of the duck." hehe Love it. - Findy, May 28, 2014

:-D - chileno, May 28, 2014

Now, ask a Peruvian what a pata is. :-> - chileno, May 28, 2014

I don't know one, so I looked it up...pata -->guy, possessive mi pata --->friend. Is that right? - 007c5fc1, May 28, 2014

I think you mean mi paNa? - rodneyp, May 28, 2014

You might think that, but I don't lol...I was on a Peruvian site...if you use pata with a possessive, they said its meaning changed. But then, what do I know, I'm just a beginner. - 007c5fc1, May 29, 2014

Yes Margherite and Rodney mi pata = my pana = mi carnal :-D - chileno, May 29, 2014

Answer 3

Pata can mean hoof or leg, depending on context, but as gringojrf stated, officially patas refer to animals and things.

There's also the very popular saying "metí la pata" - I put my foot in my mouth.

Good one! This is what I was refering when I said is funny to say patas instead of piernas. It makes it more witty :) - emilyher618, May 29, 2014

Answer 4

Click on " translate " at the top of this page and type in " pata ".

You'll be surprised at how many uses this word can be put to.

I ask you kindly to complete your profile. You will probably receieve a lot more answers by letting members know what your native language is.

Gracias de antemano y buena suerte.

Answer 5

And then there is famous that car Dodge "patas"

The people's car.

:-D

"Me voy en mi dodge" Tienes un dodge? " Si, mis dodge patas!" Lol - emilyher618, May 30, 2014

:) - chileno, May 30, 2014

Answer 6

Pata es la esposa del pato! Good one! Also, patas are the legs of things... las patas de la sillas, las patas de la mesa etc. Pata also are the legs of animals... cuantas patas tiene el gato, uno, dos, tres, cuatro! colloquially Patas is refer to human legs. (The proper word is pierna) "Me doble la pata bailando" is just funny to say Pata is the femenine of pato, a duck.

Now... I'm going to leave this for my puerto rican fellows... What does "pata" means in the island? (this is strickly something you hear in PR and nowhere else... - emilyher618, May 29, 2014