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6-letter words (3 found)

COUDES,ESCUDO,SOUCED,

5-letter words (12 found)

CODES,COEDS,COSED,COUDE,DECOS,DOCUS,DOUCE,DOUCS,DOUSE,DUCES,SCUDO,SOUCE,

4-letter words (27 found)

CODE,CODS,COED,COSE,CUDS,CUED,CUES,DECO,DEUS,DOCS,DOCU,DOES,DOSE,DOUC,DUCE,DUES,DUOS,ECOD,ECOS,ECUS,ODES,OUDS,SCUD,SECO,SUED,UDOS,USED,

3-letter words (29 found)

COD,COS,CUD,CUE,DOC,DOE,DOS,DSO,DUE,DUO,ECO,ECU,EDS,ODE,ODS,OES,OSE,OUD,OUS,SEC,SED,SOC,SOD,SOU,SUD,SUE,UDO,UDS,USE,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DO,ED,ES,OD,OE,OS,OU,SO,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 82 words from escudo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of escudo

escudo

Etymology

From Portuguese escudo (“shield”). Doublet of scutum, scute, écu, and scudo.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uːdəʊ

Noun

escudo (plural escudos)

  1. The state currency formerly used in Portugal, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol is $ which is positioned between the escudos & centavos, 2$50.
  2. The currency formerly used in Chile and replaced by the Peso.
  3. The current currency of Cape Verde.

Translations

Anagrams

  • souced

French

Noun

escudo f (plural escudos)

  1. escudo (currency)

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkudo/ [es̺ˈku.ð̞ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Hyphenation: es‧cu‧do

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese escudo, from Latin scūtum.

Noun

escudo m (plural escudos)

  1. shield
  2. coat of arms
    • 1274, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), "De Viveiro en la Edad Media", Estudios Mindonienses, 7, page 87:

Etymology 2

From Portuguese escudo.

Noun

escudo m (plural escudos)

  1. escudo (former currency of Portugal)
  2. (historical) a medieval local currency

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

escudo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escudar

Verb

escudo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escudir

References

  • “escudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “escudo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “escudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “escudo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “escudo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈsku.do/
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Hyphenation: e‧scù‧do

Noun

escudo m (plural escudi)

  1. escudo (all senses)

Anagrams

  • seduco

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

escudo m (definite singular escudoen, indefinite plural escudo or escudos, definite plural escudoene)

  1. an escudo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

escudo m (plural escudoen)

  1. an escudo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escudo (“shield”), from Latin scūtum (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, split”), which is an extension of *sek- (“to cut”). The name of the currency comes from the heraldic shields on the coins.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: es‧cu‧do

Noun

escudo m (plural escudos)

  1. shield
  2. (heraldry) shield
  3. (historical, numismatics) escudo (obsolete Portuguese currency)

Related terms

  • (shield): armadura, defesa
  • (heraldic shield): brasão
  • (currency): moeda, cifrão, euro, dinheiro

Descendants

  • → English: escudo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese escudo. Doublet of scut.

Noun

escudo m (plural escudo)

  1. escudo

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkudo/ [esˈku.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: es‧cu‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish escudo, from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, split”), an extension of *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with English écu, scudo and escudo.

Noun

escudo m (plural escudos)

  1. shield
    Synonym: (New Mexico) chimal
  2. emblem
    Synonym: emblema
  3. (heraldry) coat of arms, escutcheon
  4. (geology) shield
  5. (numismatics) any of several, mostly historical, currencies including the escudo, écu, and the scudo
Hyponyms
  • escudo humano
  • escudo de carne (“meat shield”)
  • escudo de armas
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

escudo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escudar

Further reading

  • “escudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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