pataca

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

• Rhymes: -ɑːkə

pataca (plural patacas)

1. The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
2. A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large copper coin.
3. A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.

pataca f (plural pataques)

1. potato

• IPA^(key): /paˈtaka̝/

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

pataca f (plural patacas)

1. potato
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

• “pataca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pataca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pataca” 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.

• Rhymes: -aka

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 of use of this term, see Citations:pataca.