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Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈʎon/,
- Rhymes: -on
- Hyphenation: bi‧llón
Numeral
billón m sg or f sg (plural billones)
- trillion; 1012
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝon/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /biˈʎon/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃon/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: bi‧llón
Noun
billón m (plural billones)
- (cardinal number) trillion (1012)
- (obsolete, except in the US, Philippines) billion (109)
- Synonyms: millardo, mil millones
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