billetal

Spanish

Etymology

From billete +‎ -al

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biʝeˈtal/ [bi.ʝeˈt̪al] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /biʎeˈtal/ [bi.ʎeˈt̪al] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /biʃeˈtal/ [bi.ʃeˈt̪al] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /biʒeˈtal/ [bi.ʒeˈt̪al] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: bi‧lle‧tal

Noun

billetal m (plural billetales)

(colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) a large amount of money; a packet, bundle, mint, pile
Synonym: dineral

Further reading

“billetal”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010