ESCUDO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does escudo mean? 

• ESCUDO (noun)
  The noun ESCUDO has 2 senses:

1. formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo

2. the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos

  Familiarity information: ESCUDO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESCUDO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

escudo; Portuguese escudo

Hypernyms ("escudo" is a kind of...):

Portuguese monetary unit (monetary unit in Portugal)

Meronyms (parts of "escudo"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Holonyms ("escudo" is a part of...):

conto (1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Cape Verde escudo; escudo

Hypernyms ("escudo" is a kind of...):

Cape Verde monetary unit (monetary unit on Cape Verde)

Meronyms (parts of "escudo"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)