pataca

pataca

English

Etymology

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːkə

Noun

pataca (plural patacas)

1. The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
2. A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large copper coin.
3. A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.

Translations

monetary unit of Macau

Chinese: Cantonese: 澳門幣, 澳门币 (ou3 mun4 bai6), 澳門元, 澳门元 (ou3 mun4 jyun4), 澳門圓, 澳门圆 (ou3 mun4 jyun4), 葡幣, 葡币 (pou4 bai6), 葡紙, 葡纸 (pou4 zi2) Mandarin: 澳門幣／澳门币 (zh) (Àoménbì), 澳門元／澳门元 (Àomén yuán), 澳門圓／澳门圆 (Àomén yuán) Finnish: pataca (fi) French: pataca (fr) f German: Macao-Pataca m, Pataca f Japanese: マカオ・パタカ (Makao-pataka) Korean: 마카오 파타카 (Makao pataka) Portuguese: pataca (pt) f, pataca de Macau f Russian: пата́ка (ru) f (patáka), пата́ка Мака́о f (patáka Makáo) Spanish: pataca (es) f

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Asturian

Noun

pataca f (plural pataques)

1. potato

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Catalan

Etymology

Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.

Noun

pataca f (plural pataques)

1. potato

References

• “pataca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Patacas

Patacas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtaka̝/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

Noun

pataca f (plural patacas)

1. potato

   Synonym: castaña da terra

2. a potato plant

Derived terms

• pataqueira

Etymology 2

Either from Portuguese pataca, of from its same origin.

Noun

pataca f (plural patacas)

1. ancient silver coin

Derived terms

• pataco
• patacón
• pataqueira

References

• “pataca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pataca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pataca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pataca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈta.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈta.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈta.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈta.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca

Noun

pataca f (plural patacas)

1. (historical) a silver coin worth 320 réis
2. (historical) pataca (monetary unit of Portuguese Timor)
3. pataca (monetary unit of Macau)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pataca.