escudo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ɪˈskuːdəʊ/
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/ɪˈskuːdəʊ/ · /ɪˈskuːdoʊ/ · /ɛ-/
Definition of escudo
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The state currency formerly used in Portugal, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol is $ which is positioned between the escudos & centavos, 2$50.
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noun
- The state currency formerly used in Portugal, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol is $ which is positioned between the escudos & centavos, 2$50.
- The currency formerly used in Chile and replaced by the Peso.
- The current currency of Cape Verde.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Portuguese escudo (“shield”). Doublet of scutum, scute, écu, and scudo.
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