Etymology

pardo

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Today it means: A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia. Full definition →

Portuguese pardao ← Sanskrit प्रतापः
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pardo · noun1

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromप्रतापः
  2. Portuguese · borrowed frompardao
  3. English todaypardo

Borrowed from Portuguese pardao (an obsolete spelling of pardau), from Sanskrit प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ), which was written on the coins.

Pardo · proper noun2

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromPardo
  2. English todayPardo

Borrowed from Spanish Pardo.

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