millón

Asturian

Numeral

millón m sg or f sg (plural millones)

1. million; 1,000,000

   un millón llobos — one million wolves

   un millón vaques — one million cows

   dos millones llobos — two million wolves

   dos millones vaques — two million cows

Galician

Noun

millón m (plural millóns)

1. million

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

		10,000,000 (107)
←  100,000	←  200,000	1,000,000 (106)	2,000,000 (2 x 106)  →	10,000,000 (107)  →
		100,000
Cardinal: un millón     Ordinal: millonésimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 1 000 000.º     Fractional: millonésimo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 1,000,000 (106)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian milione, replacing earlier cuento (“one million”), from Latin computus (“computation, calculation; count”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /miˈʝon/ [miˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /miˈʝon/ [miˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /miˈʎon/ [miˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /miˈʃon/ [miˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /miˈʒon/ [miˈʒõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mi‧llón

Noun

millón m (plural millones)

1. (cardinal number) million (10⁶)

Derived terms

• la pregunta del millón
• mil millones
• millonario

 

Further reading

• “millón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014