pataca

English

Etymology

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈtɑːkə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːkə

Noun

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

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

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pataca f (plural pataques)

1. potato

Catalan

Etymology

Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈta.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [paˈta.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca

Noun

pataca f (plural pataques)

1. potato

References

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

Galician

Patacas

Patacas

Pronunciation

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

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 (moeda)” 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.

Portuguese

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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.