billón
See also: billon
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈʎon/, [biˈʎõŋ]
- Rhymes: -on
- Hyphenation: bi‧llón
Spanish
| ← 1,000,000 (106) | [a], [b] ← 1,000,000,000 (109) | 1012 | 1018 → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: un billón Ordinal: billonésimo Fractional: billonésimo | ||||
| Spanish Wikipedia article on 1012 | ||||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝon/ [biˈʝõn]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /biˈʎon/ [biˈʎõn]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃon/ [biˈʃõn]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒon/ [biˈʒõn]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: bi‧llón
Noun
billón m (plural billones)
- (cardinal number) trillion (1012)
- (obsolete, except in the US) billion (109)
Usage notes
- Outside of Spanish spoken in the United States, billón is a false friend, and does not mean billion. The Spanish word for billion is mil millones.
Further reading
- “billón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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