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Portuguese
Portuguese numbers (edit)
| ← 1,000,000 (106)
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[a], [b] ← 1,000,000,000 (109)
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1012
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1015 → [a], [b], [c]
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1018 → [a], [b]
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Cardinal (everywhere but Brazil): um bilião
Cardinal (Brazil): um trilhão
Ordinal (Brazil): trilionésimo
Ordinal (Portugal): bilionésimo
Fractional (everywhere but Brazil): um bilião avos
Fractional (Brazil): trilionésimo, um trilhão avos
Fractional (Portugal): bilionésimo
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Etymology
Borrowed from French billion.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.liˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /biˈljɐ̃w̃/
Noun
bilião m (plural biliões)
- (Angola, Portugal, cardinal number) trillion (1012)
- Synonym: (Brazil) trilhão
- (colloquial, hyperbolic) billion (an unspecified very large number)
Tenho um bilião de coisas para fazer.- I have billions of things to do.
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