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escudos

escudos is the plural of escudo.

Meaning of escudo

Noun

escudo (plural escudos)

  1. 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
  2. The currency formerly used in Chile and replaced by the Peso.
  3. The currency of Cape Verde.

Questions about escudos

What is escudos the plural of?
Escudos is the plural of escudo.

Words near escudos in the dictionary

  1. escucheon
  2. escucheons
  3. Escudero
  4. Escuderos
  5. escudo
  6. escudos
  7. Escue
  8. Escues
  9. Escuintenango
  10. esculamine
  11. Esculapian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: escudos (page history and authors); escudo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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