PORTUGUESE ESCUDO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Portuguese escudo mean? 

• PORTUGUESE ESCUDO (noun)
  The noun PORTUGUESE ESCUDO has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PORTUGUESE ESCUDO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORTUGUESE 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 ("Portuguese escudo" is a kind of...):

Portuguese monetary unit (monetary unit in Portugal)

Meronyms (parts of "Portuguese 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 ("Portuguese escudo" is a part of...):

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