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.