billetudo

Spanish

Etymology

From billete +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biʝeˈtudo/ [bi.ʝeˈt̪u.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /biʎeˈtudo/ [bi.ʎeˈt̪u.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /biʃeˈtudo/ [bi.ʃeˈt̪u.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /biʒeˈtudo/ [bi.ʒeˈt̪u.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -udo
Syllabification: bi‧lle‧tu‧do

Adjective

billetudo (feminine billetuda, masculine plural billetudos, feminine plural billetudas)

(colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru) wealthy
Synonym: platudo

Noun

billetudo m (plural billetudos, feminine billetuda, feminine plural billetudas)

(colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru) a wealthy person; an affluent
Synonym: platudo

Further reading

“billetudo”, 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