patín

See also: patin, Patin, and patîn

Galician

Pazo de Pousadouro, Redondela

Casa do Patín, Ferrol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtiŋ/ [paˈt̪iŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Hyphenation: pa‧tín

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• patim (reintegrationist)
• potín

Noun

patín m (plural patíns)

1. terrace in a house which is acceded through an exterior staircase and that opens to the upper floor
2. hórreo's staircase

Etymology 2

From French patin, from patte with -in.

Alternative forms

• patim (reintegrationist)

Noun

patín m (plural patíns)

1. skate, roller skate

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “patin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “patín”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “patín”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French patin, from patte with -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtin/ [paˈt̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: pa‧tín

Noun

patín m (plural patines)

1. skate, roller skate

   Me gustan los patines que me compraron.

   I like the roller skates they bought for me.

2. (colloquial, El Salvador) foul smell

   Le sentí un patín a guaro que no se aguantaba.

   From him I smelled a foul smell of booze no one could stand.

   • 2014, Óscar Martínez Peñate, Cultura del "guanaco" o posmodernismo I:

     nos dijo que no era puta, nos armó un berrinche y nos obligó a que nos fuéramos del lugar; entonces salimos de la disco con un gran "patín" a cerveza y a cigarro que teníamos penetrados en el aliento, pelo y en la ropa.

     She told us she was not a whore, she threw a tantrum and forced us to get out of the place; then we went out of the club with a huge foul smell of beer and cigarettes that permeated our breath, hair and clothes.

3. (colloquial, El Salvador) party

   Habrá patín en casa del Gato.

   There's gonna be a party at Gato's house.

   • 2017, Jessica Orellana, Más:

     Patín en una disco gay

     Party at a gay club

4. serif

   Synonyms: serifa, terminal, remate, gracia

Derived terms

• a patín
• aeropatín
• hockey patines
• monopatín
• patín de línea
• patín de ruedas
• patín del diablo
• patín hidráulico
• patinar

Related terms

• pata

Further reading

• “patín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “Tipo de letra: las fuentes tipográficas”, in Libro de estilo de la lengua española [Book of Style of the Spanish Tongue] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2018