cêntimo might have been adopted to distinguish it from the fractional value of the Portuguese escudo, which was called centavo. Pronunciation of euro in Portuguese is still not standardized: either or . The latter has the regular final unstressed -o pronunciation, as , and is more widespread in the north of the country, while the former is more common in the south. Euro, cêntimo and centavo are masculine nouns in Portuguese, and as such, "the cents" are translated as os cêntimos and "those euros" as aqueles euros. In Brazil the pronunciation is (generally in Rio de Janeiro and further north, as in Portugal, and in São Paulo and further south and west as well as the places where southern Brazilians settled) and fractional values are called centavos de euro (cents of euro) to differentiate them from Brazilian real "centavos". Some colloquial names are also in use for the euro, carried over from the escudo. Units up to 1000 are designated as paus, 50 euros is designated as 50 paus. While 1000 euros and upper are designated a 1 conto, 2 contos (2000 euros), 3 contos (3000 euros). Romanian In Romanian the euro and cent are called euro and cent (plural ). The official plural of euro is also euro, and this official form was readily adopted by speakers. The "eu" construct is not a diphthong, thus the pronunciation is . When speaking in a familiar–vernacular setting, some speakers would make the informal plural "euroi", which is unofficial and more colloquial. Slovak In Slovak the euro and cent are called euro and cent, the plural forms for amounts between 2 and 4 are 2 eurá/centy, and the plural forms for larger amounts are 5 eur/centov. Euro is spelt with a u because it is derived from the word Európa (Europe). The c in cent represents . Slang terms: common nicknames for euro in Slovak includes: euráče, evri, juráše, éčka (literally "e"-s or "letters ‘e’"). Cents are sometimes jokingly called šestáky (as a common term for coins with small value); meďáky or medenáky (literally "coppers" or "the copper ones") or haliere which is a reference to the small coins of the original Slovak currency. Slovene In Slovene the euro and cent are called evro and cent (, ), the dual form is 2 evra/centa (, or ) and the plural forms are 3/4 evri/centi (, or ), 5+ evrov/centov (, or ),