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Spanish translation: mil millon(es)

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English term or phrase:	billion
Spanish translation:	mil millon(es)
Entered by:	Sandra Alboum

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18:42 Feb 10, 2004

English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: billion

10 billion (some people translate billion as millon)

ursula

mil millones

Explanation:
This is the way of referring to it.

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billion [\'býlýən] number
(= thousand million) mil millones mpl
three billion dollars tres mil millones de dólares
I\'ve told you a billion times (informal) te lo he dicho infinidad de veces

i.e. 1,000,000,000

(Wish I had a billion dollars!)

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Sandra Alboum
United States
Local time: 18:00

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mil millones

Sandra Alboum

Mil millones

Eugenia Rodriguez

mil millones /(de dolares)

Сергей Лузан

billon

Gabo Pena

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2 mins confidence:

Mil millones

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Eugenia Rodriguez
United States
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Spanish

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mil millones

Sandra Alboum
United States
Local time: 18:00
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Carlos Diaz de Leon: Exacto, y en el caso específico de la pregunta, serían diez mil millones

3 mins

agree

C. Aaron Palomino: Ja,ja,ja, en muchas pelis aún hoy sigen diciendo que en el plante hay 6 billones de habitantes.....

9 mins

agree

Marisol Honsberg

32 mins

agree

purificaci

41 mins

agree

Ana Lombao: Exacto, diez mil millones. Yo también recuerdo el dato de los 6 billones de habitantes en el planeta Tierra (creo que fue en Armaggedon). ¡Madre de Dios! Saludos a todos :-)

56 mins

agree

Maria Belarra: no estaria mal que tambien se equivocaran en los bancos y nos multiplicaran los ahorros por 100..

1 hr

agree

Patricia C.S.

1 hr

agree

Lida Garcia: definitivamente mil millones

1 hr

agree

Natalia Foce

5 hrs

agree

Pamela Peralta: así me lo enseñaron en la escuela de traducción

1 day5 hrs

agree

YAE: sí, mil millones

2 days36 mins

13 hrs confidence:

mil millones /(de dolares)

Explanation:
billion (def) 1)(GB) million millions; 2)(US) thousand millions. If considering U$d only a thousand millions - but anyway enough for modest life as mentioned in the answer above.
Re.: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English by A. S. Hornby ISBN 0 19 431101 5.
The Random House Dictionary, ISBN 0-394-51200-6

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 02:00
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