pataca

English

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

pataca (plural patacas)

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

monetary unit of Macau

Chinese:
Cantonese: 澳門幣, 澳门币 (ou³ mun⁴ bai⁶), 澳門圓, 澳门圆 (ou³ mun⁴ jyun⁴)

Mandarin: 澳門幣 (zh), 澳门币 (zh) (Àoménbì), 澳門圓, 澳门圆 (Àomén yuán)
Finnish: pataca
French: pataca (fr) f
German: Macao-Pataca m, Pataca f

pataca f (plural pataques)

Patacas

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taino batata.

pataca f (plural patacas)

Either from Portuguese pataca, of from its same origin.

pataca f (plural patacas)

“pataca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“pataca” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“pataca (moeda)” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“pataca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

pataca f (plural patacas)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pataca.

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