The escudo was Portugal’s everyday money before the euro. People paid for bread, rent, and bus tickets in escudos, the way people in Taiwan use the NT dollar, until 2002, when Portugal switched to the euro. Older Portuguese people sometimes still “hear” a euro price as a huge number of escudos, though actually that habit is fading.

The escudo was escudo曾經是 Portugal's everyday money before the euro葡萄牙在歐元之前的日常貨幣。 People paid for bread人們用它付麵包錢、 rent房租、 and bus tickets in escudos以及公車票錢， the way people in Taiwan use the NT dollar就像台灣人用新台幣一樣， until 2002直到2002年， when Portugal switched to the euro葡萄牙改用歐元為止。 Older Portuguese people年長的葡萄牙人 sometimes still "hear" a euro price有時聽到歐元價格 as a huge number of escudos還是會換算成一大筆escudos， though actually that habit is fading不過這個習慣正在淡去。

The name means “shield” in Portuguese: many old European coins were called after the shield stamped on them. Portugal’s former lands had escudos too, and Cape Verde still uses an escudo today, so the word is not only a history-book word.

The name means "shield" in Portuguese這個名字在葡萄牙文裡是「盾牌」的意思： many old European coins許多古老的歐洲硬幣 were called after the shield stamped on them是根據上面印的盾牌來命名的。 Portugal's former lands葡萄牙以前的殖民地 had escudos too也用過escudo， and Cape Verde still uses an escudo today而維德角現在仍在使用escudo， so the word is not only a history-book word所以這個字不只是歷史課本上的字。

You will meet it on old coins, in travel stories, and in talk about the years before the euro. It is a plain, factual word, not slang and not rude.

You will meet it你會在 on old coins舊硬幣上、 in travel stories旅行故事裡、 and in talk about the years before the euro以及談到歐元之前那些年的話題裡遇到它。 It is它是 a plain, factual word一個平實、如實的字， not slang不是俚語 and not rude也不是粗俗的說法。