escudo
/ɪˈskuːdoʊ/noun
escudo is spelled E-S-C-U-D-O: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, escudo means “The state currency formerly used in Portugal and its colonies, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol $ is positioned between the escudos and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of escudo is escudos.
How many letters and syllables are in escudo?
| Letters | 6: E-S-C-U-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is escudo?
Escudo appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce escudo?
- UK /ɪˈskuːdəʊ/
- US /ɪˈskuːdoʊ/
- US /ɛ-/
Escudo has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-escudo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with escudo?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as escudo from its last stressed vowel (/udoʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of escudo
- escudos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does escudo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state currency formerly used in Portugal and its colonies, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol $ is positioned between the escudos and centavos, i.e. 2$50.
- 2
The currency formerly used in Chile and replaced by the Peso.
- 3
The currency of Cape Verde.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Escudo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense former currency of Portugal:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does escudo come from?
From Portuguese escudo (“shield”) or Spanish escudo. Doublet of scutum, scute, écu, and scudo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).