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billón

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See also: billon

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biˈʎon/, [biˈʎõŋ]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Hyphenation: bi‧llón

Numeral

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billón m sg or f sg (plural billones)

  1. trillion; 1012

Spanish

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Spanish numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000,000 (106) [a], [b] ←  1,000,000,000 (109) 1012 1018  → 
    Cardinal: un billón
    Ordinal: billonésimo
    Fractional: billonésimo

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝon/ [biˈʝõn]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /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

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billón m (plural billones)

  1. (cardinal number) trillion (1012)
  2. (obsolete, except in the US, Philippines) billion (109)
    Synonyms: millardo, mil millones

Usage notes

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Further reading

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