noun
- plural of pengo, the former monetary unit of Hungary from 1927 to 1946
Usage: historical
Examples
- The hyperinflation made pengos nearly worthless by 1946.
- Collectors still seek rare pengo banknotes from that era.
- The Hungarian economy collapsed under the weight of trillions of pengos.
- After World War II, pengos were replaced by the forint.
- Historical records show prices listed in millions of pengos.