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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French quintillion.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: quin‧ti‧lhão
Noun
quintilhão m (plural quintilhões)
- (Brazil, cardinal number) quintillion (1018)
- Synonym: (Angola, Portugal) trilião
- (Portugal, informal, cardinal number) Synonym of quintilião (“1030”)
Usage notes
- Portuguese-speaking countries follow the traditional long scale, with the exception of Brazil which adopted the short scale used in the UK and US. The number 1018 is expressed as mil triliões in African and European Portuguese, but as um trilhão in Brazilian Portuguese.[1]
- The Angolan Government proscribes the use of long scale.[2]
- In Portugal, the alternative um quintilhão (“1030”) is an informal spelling of the preferred and proscribed um trilião.[3]
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