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pardo¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Portuguese pardao (an obsolete spelling of pardau), from Sanskrit प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ), which was written on the coins.

noun pardos · pardoes · pardao · pardau

  1. historical A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.

Pardo²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Pardo.

proper noun Pardos

  1. A surname from Spanish.

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"pardo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pardo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pardo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pardo

Chicago

"pardo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pardo.

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@misc{pardo_2026,
  title = {pardo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pardo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}