pataca
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pataca (plural patacas)
- 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.
- A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large coppern coin.
- A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.
Translations
[edit]monetary unit of Macau
Asturian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pataca f (plural pataques)
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈta.kə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [paˈta.ka]
- Rhymes: -aka
- Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca
Noun
[edit]pataca f (plural pataques)
References
[edit]- “pataca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Potato_and_cross_section.jpg/220px-Potato_and_cross_section.jpg)
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.
Noun
[edit]pataca f (plural patacas)
- potato
- Synonym: castaña da terra
- a potato plant
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Either from Portuguese pataca, of from its same origin.
Noun
[edit]pataca f (plural patacas)
- ancient silver coin
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pataca”, 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), “pataca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “pataca (moeda)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pataca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -akɐ
- Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca
Noun
[edit]pataca f (plural patacas)
- (historical) a silver coin worth 320 réis
- (historical) pataca (monetary unit of Portuguese Timor)
- pataca (monetary unit of Macau)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:pataca.
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