pataca

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

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

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 15 April 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.

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

pataca f (plural pataques)

1. potato

   Synonyms: indina, india, indiana, castañona, castaña india

• guañu
• rapica

• “pataca” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.

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

pataca f (plural pataques)

1. potato

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

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

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

pataca f (plural patacas)

1. potato

   Synonym: castaña da terra

2. a potato plant

• pataqueira

Either from Portuguese pataca, of from its same origin.

pataca f (plural patacas)

1. ancient silver coin

• pataco
• patacón
• pataqueira

• 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

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

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

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)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pataca.