escudo

American  

[e-skoo-doh, es-koo-doo, es-koo-thaw] / ɛˈsku doʊ, ɛsˈku dʊ, ɛsˈku ðɔ /

noun

plural

escudos

1. a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.

2. a former coin and monetary unit of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique.

3. a former paper money and monetary unit of Chile, equal to 100 condors or 1000 pesos, replaced by the new peso in 1975.

4. any of various former gold coins of Spain, Spanish America, and Portugal.

5. a former silver coin of Spain, discontinued in 1868.

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escudo British  

/ ɪʃˈkuðu, ɛˈskuːdəʊ /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Cape Verde, divided into 100 centavos

2. the former standard monetary unit of Portugal, divided into 100 centavos; replaced by the euro in 2002

3. a former monetary unit of Chile, divided into 100 centesimos

4. an old Spanish silver coin worth 10 reals

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Etymology

Origin of escudo

1815–25; < Spanish: shield < Latin scūtum

Example Sentences

El águila dorada del escudo mexicano estaba bordada en la parte superior de la falda y los lados estaban adornados con piezas metálicas doradas como los trajes tradicionales de los mariachis.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

Last week, having accounted for the very last nickel, yen, leu, franc, shilling, florin, drachma, peso, pengo, rupee, escudo, zloty, mark and finmark.

From Time Magazine Archive

The actual value of all the lost loot is infinitely higher, since some 17th century coins and jewelry fetch huge prices; a single Spanish escudo can bring as much as $1,200 on the rare-coin market.

From Time Magazine Archive

PORTUGAL, which for cognoscenti has long been a charming backwater, may be Europe's best bargain as a result of a 45% devaluation of the escudo in one year.

From Time Magazine Archive

The real is a quarter of a peseta, but the escudo of ten reales has been suppressed.

From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.