millardo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French milliard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈʝaɾdo/ [miˈʝaɾ.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /miˈʎaɾdo/ [miˈʎaɾ.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /miˈʃaɾdo/ [miˈʃaɾ.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /miˈʒaɾdo/ [miˈʒaɾ.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aɾdo
- Syllabification: mi‧llar‧do
Noun
millardo m (plural millardos)
- (economics, rare) billion, milliard
- Synonym: mil millones
Usage
- Although less ambiguous than "mil millones", it is seldom used in general. It is considered a calque derived from French and discouraged to be employed when translating from French to Spanish.
Further reading
- “millardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025