noun
Meaning 1
The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pataca
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/pəˈtɑːkə/
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rhymes with -ɑːkə
noun
Meaning 2
A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large coppern coin.
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noun
Meaning 3
A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.
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noun
Meaning 4
the basic unit of money in Macao
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Macao monetary unit
History
Etymology
From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 澳門幣 /澳门币 (ou3 mun4 bai6) — monetary unit of Macau
- Chinese Cantonese: 澳門元 /澳门元 (ou3 mun4 jyun4) — monetary unit of Macau
- Chinese Cantonese: 澳門圓 /澳门圆 (ou3 mun4 jyun4) — monetary unit of Macau
- Chinese Cantonese: 葡幣 /葡币 (pou4 bai6) — monetary unit of Macau
- Chinese Cantonese: 葡紙 /葡纸 (pou4 zi2) — monetary unit of Macau
- Chinese Mandarin: 澳門幣 /澳门币 (Àoménbì) — monetary unit of Macau
- Chinese Mandarin: 澳門元 /澳门元 (Àomén yuán) — monetary unit of Macau
- Chinese Mandarin: 澳門圓 /澳门圆 (Àomén yuán) — monetary unit of Macau
- Finnish: pataca — monetary unit of Macau
- French: pataca — monetary unit of Macau
- German: Macao-Pataca — monetary unit of Macau
- German: Pataca — monetary unit of Macau
- Japanese: マカオ・パタカ (Makao-pataka) — monetary unit of Macau
- Korean: 마카오 파타카 (Makao pataka) — monetary unit of Macau
- Portuguese: pataca — monetary unit of Macau
- Portuguese: pataca de Macau — monetary unit of Macau
- Russian: пата́ка (patáka) — monetary unit of Macau
- Russian: пата́ка Мака́о (patáka Makáo) — monetary unit of Macau
- Spanish: pataca — monetary unit of Macau