pataca

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 mun^4-2 bai⁶), 澳门币 (ou³ mun⁴ bai⁶), 澳門元／澳门元 (ou³ mun^4-2 jyun⁴), 澳门元 (ou³ mun⁴ jyun⁴), 澳門圓／澳门圆 (ou³ mun^4-2 jyun⁴), 澳门圆 (ou³ mun⁴ jyun⁴), 葡幣／葡币 (pou⁴ bai⁶), 葡币 (pou⁴ bai⁶), 葡紙／葡纸 (pou⁴ zi²), 葡纸 (pou⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 澳門幣／澳门币 (zh) (Àoménbì), 澳门币 (zh) (Àoménbì), 澳門元／澳门元 (Àoményuán), 澳门元 (Àomén yuán), 澳門圓／澳门圆 (Àoményuán), 澳门圆 (Àomén yuán)

• Finnish: pataca (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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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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
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

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• “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

• Rhymes: -aka

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.