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noun, masculine

escudo

/esˈkudo/

noun, masculine/esˈkudo/plural: escudos

shield; emblem; coat of arms, escutcheon; any of several, mostly historical, currencies including the escudo, écu, and the scudo

Synonyms: chimal, emblema

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.