pataca in a sentence

1. On the other hand, try not to leave Macau with a lot of patacas.

2. Pay in Macau with Patacas (Ptcs) or the nearly equivalent Hongkong Dollar.

3. However, the pataca was not the official currency when it was first enacted.

4. The current currency is the pataca, but the Hong Kong dollar is accepted everywhere.

5. Roughly 10 Patacas is equivalent to 1 EURO and 8 Patacas is equivalent to 1 US Dollar.

6. Changing your currency into patacas outside of Macau is just about impossible and pointless.

7. Macau’s legal tender is the Macanese Pataca, the Chinese Rembini is not accepted at shops in Macau.

8. Most shops will accept the Hong Kong Dollar, and most casinos will only accept this rather than the Pataca.

9. It has its own currency — the pataca, or MOP$ — but in the casinos the currency of choice is the Hong Kong dollar.

10. It has its own currency -- the pataca, or MOP$ -- but in the casinos the currency of choice is the Hong Kong dollar.

11. Transactions made at government offices may only be made in patacas, and most casinos will only accept Hong Kong dollars.

12. Maria works at the Balcony club; it’s always full of tourists and is linked to the clubs Help and Meio Pataca in Copacabana.

13. In September 2019, for example, the casinos were only able to generate sales of 22.1 billion patacas (around 2.47 billion euros).

14. The casinos accept only Hong Kong dollars and Macau Patacas and guests can exchange money either at casino counters or the nearby banks.

15. Changing to or from patacas outside of Macau is almost impossible even in Hong Kong, so any patacas should be spent or changed before leaving the SAR.

16. Chinese yuan (CNY) are also accepted in some businesses, often at a poor exchange rate, but they can easily be changed to patacas at bureaux de change and banks.

17. In the year 1894, the pataca was introduced in both Macau and Portuguese Timor as a unit of account for the Mexican dollar and the other silver dollar coins in circulation.

18. The name pataca is a Portuguese word which was applied to the Mexican dollars that were the main circulating coin in the wider region in the second half of the 19th century.

19. For some reason, no matter what hotel you're in Macau, a brochure from the front desk or a general list of rates on the website will always be overpriced by about 1,000 patacas.

20. Intensely poet and distinguished literary criticism, She founded with Francisco Marcelo Cabral magazine Half Pataca (1948-49), important publication in the national scenario of the time.