es|cu|do

es|cu|do «ehs KOO doh», noun, plural -dos.

1. a) a former unit of money of Portugal, replaced by the euro. b) a coin equal to 100 centavos, formerly used in Portugal.

2. the former unit of money of Chile, replaced by the peso in 1975.

3. the former unit of money of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique.

4. a former gold or silver coin of Spain, Portugal, and their colonies.

╂[< Spanish, Portuguese escudo < Latin scūtum shield]