pataca

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English

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Etymology

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From Portuguese pataca (peso).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pataca (plural patacas)

  1. The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
    • 1989 December 6 [1989 October 16], Ta-hung Li, quoting Carlos Melancia, “Exclusive Interview With Governor Carlos Melancia”, in JPRS Report China[1], number 89-115, Joint Publications Research Service, page 88, column 2:
      The second bridge between Macao and Iiha[sic – meaning Ilha] da Taipa, which is estimated to have a construction cost of 400 million patacas, will provide a four-lane traffic flow as well as a direct connection with Chu-hai City.
    • 2023 April 14, Katrina Hamlin, “Macau reinvention is a big roll of the dice”, in Una Galani, Thomas Shum, editors, Reuters[2], archived from the original on April 15, 2023, Breakingviews‎[3]:
      Macau’s gross gaming revenue rose to 34.6 billion pataca ($4.3 billion) in the first quarter, up 95% from a year earlier, according to data released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau on April 1. That compares with 76.2 billion pataca in the first quarter of 2019.
  2. A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large coppern coin.
  3. A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.

Translations

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈtaka/, [paˈt̪a.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca

Noun

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pataca f (plural pataques)

  1. potato

Catalan

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Etymology

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Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pataca f (plural pataques)

  1. potato

References

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

Galician

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Patacas
Patacas

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈtaka/ [paˈt̪ɑ.kɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

Noun

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pataca f (plural patacas)

  1. potato
    Synonym: castaña da terra
  2. a potato plant
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Etymology 2

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Either from Portuguese pataca, of from its same origin.

Noun

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pataca f (plural patacas)

  1. ancient silver coin
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Portuguese

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:pataca.