# pataca
## English
### Etymology

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəˈtɑːkə/
* Rhymes: -ɑːkə

### Noun

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, number 89-115, Joint Publications Research Service, page 88, column 2:The second bridge between Macao and Iiha 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, archived from the original on April 15, 2023, Breakingviews‎: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
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtaka/, [paˈt̪a.ka]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca

### Noun

pataca f (plural pataques)
* potato

## Catalan
### Etymology

Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

pataca f (plural pataques)
* potato

### References

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

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtaka/ [paˈt̪ɑ.kɐ]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

#### Noun

pataca f (plural patacas)
* potato
    Synonym: castaña da terra
* a potato plant

##### Derived terms

* pataqueira

### Etymology 2

Either from Portuguese pataca, of from its same origin.

#### Noun

pataca f (plural patacas)
* ancient silver coin

##### Derived terms

* pataco
* patacón
* pataqueira

### References

* 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

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### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈta.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈta.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /paˈta.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈta.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -akɐ
* Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧ca

### Noun

pataca f (plural patacas)
* (historical) a silver coin worth 320 réis
* (historical) pataca (monetary unit of Portuguese Timor)
* pataca (monetary unit of Macau)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pataca.