escudo

IPA: ɛskˈudoʊ

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.

Examples of "escudo" in Sentences

I support the merger with Escudo.
The word is related to scudo and escudo.
Its currency, the escudo, is pegged to the euro.
Pessoa's portrait was on the 100 escudo banknote.
Portugal had lots of currencies before the Escudo.
The escudo was replaced by the metical in 1980 at par.
It was equal in value to the Portuguese escudo until 1977.
Following independence, the peso replaced the escudo at par.
Agora, que o "escudo" foi tirado da batalha, o que vai acontecer?
The later silver escudo was worth one quarter of the earlier, gold escudo.
Thus, the currency reform constituted a devaluation of the escudo banknotes.
For instance, the Spanish peseta, Portuguese escudo and Irish punt could devalue 50% against the new Deutsche mark.
Estas armas no sero canhes, bombas ou balas, mas sim, um polmico escudo antimsseis, cujo projeto e desenvolvimento devem custar US$ 7,9 bilhes.
The reinvented escudo would undoubtedly drop like a stone, but to a level that makes Portugal's under-educated and under-trained work force competitive in world markets.
Banks and investment funds in one euro-using country gorged on the bonds of others, freed of worry about devaluation-prone currencies like the drachma, lira, peseta and escudo.