"testone" meaning in English

See testone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: testones [plural]
Etymology: From Portuguese tostão, ulimately from Italian testone (“big head”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|pt|tostão}} Portuguese tostão, {{der|en|it|testone||big head}} Italian testone (“big head”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} testone (plural testones)
  1. An ancient subunit of a Portuguese cruzado.
    Sense id: en-testone-en-noun-BUE8xZ1F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Historical currencies, Portugal, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 47 4 46 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 72 2 24 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 1 34 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 47 4 46 4

Inflected forms

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