different between pataca vs avo

English

Etymology

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?

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

Translations

Asturian

Noun

pataca f (plural pataques)

1. potato

Catalan

Etymology

Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.

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): /pa?taka?/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

Noun

pataca f (plural patacas)

1. potato
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” 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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aka

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.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v??/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æv??/

Etymology 1

Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.

Etymology 2

Clipping of avocado.

Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. (informal, Australia) Clipping of avocado.
   • 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand (page 68)

     Given the challenges of trying to propagate avocados, one might wonder why we don't simply get hold of seeds and/or nursery starts and go that route – especially since avos tend to grow somewhat 'true to seed.'

Anagrams

• OAV, OVA, VOA, ova

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwh?os.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?avo/
• Rhymes: -avo

Noun

avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)

1. grandfather

2. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) old man

Derived terms

• Avo Frosto

Related terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???o/, [???o?]
• Rhymes: -??o
• Syllabification: a?vo

Noun

avo

1. Abbreviation of avokysymys.

Declension

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ewh?yos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?avo/

Noun

avo (plural avi)

1. grandparent

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwh?os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo

Noun

avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)

1. ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: antenato, ascendente

Derived terms

• avito

Latin

Noun

av?

1. dative singular of avus
2. ablative singular of avus

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.

Adjective

avo 

1. high
2. lofty, eminent

Portuguese

Etymology

From the ending of [oit]avo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?a.vu/
• Hyphenation: a?vo
• Rhymes: -avu

Noun

avo m (plural avos)

1. one of fractions/equal parts of an unit divided in more than 10 equal parts.

References