noun
- plural of escudo, a former monetary unit of Portugal and several other countries
Usage: historical
Examples
- Before the euro, Portugal used escudos as its currency.
- The old coins were worth several thousand escudos.
- Cape Verde still uses escudos as its official currency.
- He exchanged his escudos for euros in 2002.
- The antique shop displayed Portuguese escudos from the 1960s.