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6-letter words (1 found)

PATACA,

5-letter words (1 found)

PACTA,

4-letter words (6 found)

ACTA,ATAP,CAPA,PACA,PACT,TAPA,

3-letter words (8 found)

ACT,APT,CAA,CAP,CAT,PAC,PAT,TAP,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AT,PA,TA,

You can make 20 words from pataca according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pataca

pataca

Etymology

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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 coppern coin.
  3. A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.

Translations

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pataca f (plural pataques)

  1. potato

Catalan

Etymology

Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pataca f (plural pataques)

  1. potato

References

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

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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)

  1. potato
    Synonym: castaña da terra
  2. a potato plant
Derived terms
  • pataqueira

Etymology 2

Either from Portuguese pataca, of from its same origin.

Noun

pataca f (plural patacas)

  1. ancient silver coin
Derived terms
  • pataco
  • patacón
  • pataqueira

References

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

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pataca.


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