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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ESCUDO

Spanish, literally: shield, from Latin scūtum.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ESCUDO

escudo  [ɛˈskuːdəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ESCUDO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Escudo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ESCUDO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

escudo

Escudo

The escudo is a unit of currency. Historically it was used in Spain, Portugal, and in their colonies in South America, Asia, and Africa. It is still used in Cape Verde to this day. Escudo is Portuguese and Spanish for "shield".

Definition of escudo in the English dictionary

The first definition of escudo in the dictionary is the standard monetary unit of Cape Verde, divided into 100 centavos. Other definition of escudo is the former standard monetary unit of Portugal, divided into 100 centavos; replaced by the euro in 2002. Escudo is also a former monetary unit of Chile, divided into 100 centesimos.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ESCUDO


budo
ˈbuːdəʊ
Colorado
ˌkɒləˈrɑːdəʊ
credo
ˈkriːdəʊ
Delgado
dɛlˈɡɑːdəʊ
dorado
dəˈrɑːdəʊ
Ido
ˈiːdəʊ
judo
ˈdʒuːdəʊ
libido
lɪˈbiːdəʊ
lido
ˈliːdəʊ
ludo
ˈluːdəʊ
menudo
mɛˈnuːdəʊ
passado
pəˈsɑːdəʊ
Prado
ˈprɑːdəʊ
privado
prɪˈvɑːdəʊ
pseudo
ˈsjuːdəʊ
Ricardo
rɪˈkɑːdəʊ
scudo
ˈskuːdəʊ
testudo
tɛˈstjuːdəʊ
udo
ˈuːdəʊ
UNIDO
juːˈniːdəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ESCUDO

escort
escort agency
escort duty
escort vessel
escortage
escot
escribano
escribe
escritoire
escritorial
escroc
escroll
escrow
escrow account
escuage
esculent
Escurial
escutcheon
escutcheon plate
escutcheoned

WORDS THAT END LIKE ESCUDO

alfredo
can-do
condo
dado
dildo
do
Hokkaido
how do
how do you do
how-do-you-do
Leonardo
mondo
Orlando
perdendo
secondo
shakudo
to-do
Toledo
well-to-do
will do

Synonyms and antonyms of escudo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «escudo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ESCUDO

Find out the translation of escudo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of escudo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «escudo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

埃斯库多
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escudo
570 millions of speakers

English

escudo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Escudo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاسكودو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Эскудо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এসকুডো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

escudo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Eskudo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Escudo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エスクード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에스 쿠도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Escudo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

escudo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எஸ்குடோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एस्कॉडो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

escudosunun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

escudo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

escudo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ескудо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

escudo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εσκούδο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

escudo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

escudon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Escudo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of escudo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCUDO»

The term «escudo» is very widely used and occupies the 14.584 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCUDO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «escudo» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «escudo» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about escudo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESCUDO»

Discover the use of escudo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to escudo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Antiguas boticas españolas y sus recipientes
José de Vicente González. Escudo de la Orden Carmelita. Escudo de la Orden Carmelita. Albarelos de cerámica talaverana. Serie heráldica azul del siglo XVII. Colección Vicente Carranza de Madrid. Albarelos de cerámica trianera azul de ...
José de Vicente González, 2009
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Miscellaneous Series
Retail price, 0.60 escudo. Good Retail price, Sample £9. — Plumber's tube wrench ; German, seller. Sample SO. — Two-meter spring (1 meter=3.28 feet) ; German, per meter, 0.28 escudo. Very good seller. Sample SI. — Pincers; German.
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Markets for American hardware in Italy, Spain, and Portugal
Retail prices, respectively, 0.40, 0.20, 0.24, 0.30, 0.28, and 0.32 escudo. Good sellers. Sample 83. — Knife, fork, and spoon; German. Retail price, 0.55 escudo. Extensively sold. Sample 8). — Knife, fork, and spoon; Portuguese. Retail price ...
United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Charles William August Veditz, 1917
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Painting a New World: Mexican Art and Life, 1521-1821
(19 cm), including frame Denver Art Museum, Collection of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer This small-scale painting is an escudo de monja, literally a "nun's shield," a type of devotional badge worn by Conceptionist, Jeronymite, and some ...
‎2004
5
2015 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money - Modern Issues: ...
MONETARY SYSTEM: 1 Peso = 100 Centavos 1 Condor= 100 Centavos = 10 Pesos to 1960 1 Escudo = 100 Centesimos, 1960-75 1 Peso = 100 "old" Escudos , 1975REPLACEMENT NOTES: #140, 143, 145-148 w/R next to serial #.
George S. Cuhaj, 2014
6
Evolution and Environment in Tropical America
Group B is Late Pliocene (2.4-1.7 Ma) and includes several subgroups of samples from the Moin Formation at several localities, the upper part of the Escudo de Veraguas Formation, and two samples from the upper part of the Rio Banano.
Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Ann F. Budd, Anthony G. Coates, 1996
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2013 Standard Catalog of World Coins - 1901-2000
1955 — Escudo. Bronze. KM#76. — 1955 — 2-1/2 Escudos. Copper- Nickel. KM #77. — 1955 — 10 Escudos. Silver. KM#73. — 1955 — 20 Escudos. Silver. KM# 74. — 1956 — 50 Centavos. Bronze. KM#75. — 1956 — Escudo. Bronze. KM#76 .
George S. Cuhaj, Thomas Michael, 2012
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Neotropical Simuliidae (Diptera: Insecta)
Simulium minusculum, Simulium roraimense, Simulium venezuelense – Manchas del escudo sombreadas, anteriores, cuneiformes entre bandas, de acuerdo a la posición de la luz son alargadas sobrepasando la mitad del largo del escudo ...
Sixto Coscarón, Cecilia L. Coscarón Arias, 2007
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Woman And Art in Early Modern Latin America
the eighteenth century—the time of the most intense struggles over reform— virtually all of the unreformed convents of the metropolitan center of New Spain ( Mexico City and Puebla) were wearing the escudo de monja, regardless of traditional ...
Kellen Kee MacIntyre, Richard E. Phillips, 2007
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Introducing the Euro as Legal Tender - Benefits and Costs of ...
1977 pegged; 1 local escudo = 1 Portuguese escudo Portugal, decree of 22 May 1911; decree of 28 October 1911; Decree No. 141, 18 September 1913 Portugal changed the name of its currency to the escudo on 22 May 1911; 1 escudo ...
Patrick Imam, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESCUDO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term escudo is used in the context of the following news items.
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Known by fans as the 'Escudo Pikes Peak', it is a prototype designed and developed specifically for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
2
Moloney and Alsvid start off Tryon Summer 3 with win in $34000 …
ALSVID, 2001 Hanoverian gelding by Escudo I x Adonca RICHIE MOLONEY (IRL), Equinimity LLC: 0/0/36.375. 2. BULL RUN'S ETERNAL ... «Polk Sports, Jul 15»
3
How the Yen Has Become a Haven
... economies' legacy currencies (Greek drachma, Portuguese escudo, Italian lira and Spanish peseta) would see short-term interest rates rise. «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
4
Things Are Looking Up for the World's Smallest and Rarest Sloth
Pygmy three-toed sloths, who can only be found on Escudo de Veraguas Island off the coast of Panama, are a critically endangered species. «Care2.com, Jul 15»
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1715 Spanish Fleet artifacts in Sebastian
An 8 Escudo coin (center) recovered from the 1715 Spanish Fleet Corrigan's wreck site between Wabasso Beach and Indian River Shores, dated in the early ... «TCPalm, Jul 15»
6
Messi: "No hay nada más doloroso en el fútbol que perder una final"
Messi acompañó su breve mensaje, escrito en español y en inglés, con una foto del escudo de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino que lleva la ... «La Prensa de Honduras, Jul 15»
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The Slow March of Mass Haitian Deportation: Is Dominican …
... in and around Dajabón and other border communities since the government launched Operación Escudo (Operation Shield) last January. «New America Media, Jul 15»
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Scientists raise population estimate for world's most endangered sloth
Scientists originally estimated a population of less than 500 pygmy sloths (Bradypus pygmaeus) on Escudo de Veraguas Island off the coast of ... «Mongabay.com, Jul 15»
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Marketwatch Opinion: Europe's Secret Fear About Greece
Their economic growth back in the 1980s and 1990s, when they were “struggling” with the lira, the peseta, and the escudo, makes a mockery of ... «The Pappas Post, Jun 15»
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Public Release: 25-Jun-2015 More endangered pygmy sloths in …
Once believed to live only in the mangroves that edge Panama's Escudo de Veraguas Island, a new paper in the Journal of Mammalogy shows ... «EurekAlert, Jun 15»

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