patac

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈtak]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈtak]

Onomatopoeic.

patac m (plural patacs)

1. (colloquial) a violent blow

   Synonym: batzac

• patac d’aigua
• patacada

Cognate with Occitan patac, French patard and possibly also Portuguese pataca, Italian patacca, etc.

patac m (plural patacs)

1. one of various obsolete billon coins from the south of France with a value of one-and-a-half (e.g. the patac de Perpinyà) or two (e.g. the patac d'Avinyó) deniers

• patacó

• “patac”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007