escudos in English
noun
1
the basic monetary unit of Portugal (until the introduction of the euro) and Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
Within one year of abandoning the escudo for the euro, Portugal, for example, was forced to make massive cuts in public spending to meet the stability pact's criteria.
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1. It took 1.25 old Angola Escudos to get 1 Angolar, an effective depreciation
2. The Angolar was introduced in 1928 to replace the escudo.Banknotes were exchanged at a rate of 1 Angolar = 1.25 escudos
3. Los Armoriales son colecciones de escudos de armas pintados o descritos, con indicación de las personas o linajes a los que pertenecen, presentados en forma La costumbre de formarlos nace en el siglo XIII en el ámbito anglo-francés, como una expresión más de la afición a las armerías, que se desarrolla por entonces en el Occidente europeo.