Meanings
plural escudos
- The state currency formerly used in Portugal and its colonies, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol $ is positioned between the escudos and centavos, i.e. 2$50.
[I]n a handkerchief he found a nice pile of gold escudos[...]
Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 175 - The currency of Cape Verde.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounformerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
nounthe basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Spanishescudo
- Portugueseescudo“shield”
- Englishescudo
From Portuguese escudo (“shield”) or Spanish escudo. Doublet of scutum, scute, écu, and scudo.
More words from Portuguese, Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan escut, escut
- escutformer currency of Portugal
- escutcurrency of Cape Verde
Chinese Cantonese 士姑度
- 士姑度 (si⁶ gu¹ dou⁶)former currency of Portugal
Chinese Mandarin 埃斯庫多 /埃斯库多, 埃斯庫多 /埃斯库多
- 埃斯庫多 /埃斯库多 (āisīkùduō)former currency of Portugal
- 埃斯庫多 /埃斯库多 (āisīkùduō)currency of Cape Verde
Esperanto eskudo, eskudo
- eskudoformer currency of Portugal
- eskudoformer currency of Chile
- eskudocurrency of Cape Verde
Greek σκούδο, εσκούδο
- σκούδο (skoúdo)former currency of Portugal
- εσκούδο (eskoúdo)former currency of Portugal
Irish escudo na Portaingéile, escudo Portaingéalach
- escudo na Portaingéileformer currency of Portugal
- escudo Portaingéalachformer currency of Portugal
- escudo Rinn Verdecurrency of Cape Verde
Japanese エスクード, エスクード
- エスクードformer currency of Portugal
- エスクードformer currency of Chile
- エスクードcurrency of Cape Verde
Malay escudo
- escudoformer currency of Portugal
Portuguese escudo, escudo
- escudoformer currency of Portugal
- escudoformer currency of Chile
Romanian escudo, escudo
- escudoformer currency of Portugal
- escudoformer currency of Chile
Russian эску́до, эску́до
- эску́до (eskúdo)former currency of Portugal
- эску́до (eskúdo)former currency of Chile
- эску́до (eskúdo)currency of Cape Verde
Spanish escudo, escudo
- escudoformer currency of Portugal
- escudoformer currency of Chile
- escudocurrency of Cape Verde
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with escudo
All rhymes →Cite this entry
escudo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escudo
“escudo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escudo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escudo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escudo.
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