Spanish Conversation · Level 51
74 words
Spanish word
millón
Pronunciation
IPA/miˈʝon/
Meaning
- masculine nounmillion
Example
En la ciudad viven más de un millón de personas.
More than a million people live in the city.
More examples
La película recaudó casi un millón de euros en su primer fin de semana.
The film took in nearly a million euros in its first weekend.
Core concept
A column of one thousand rows of one thousand dots, totaling 1,000,000.
Common phrases
más de un millón de
over a million
casi un millón de
nearly a million
alrededor de un millón de
about a million
Similar words
mil: Exactly one thousand (1,000) items or people, often used for counts of small groups.
Definition in Spanish
Unidad numérica que representa un millón (1.000.000); sustantivo masculino.
Word origin
The word traces back to medieval Italian milione, literally a 'large thousand' from mille 'thousand' plus -one, and entered Spanish meaning one million.
Usage tips
- When a numeral precedes a noun use un millón rather than uno, and it is followed by de when the counted noun appears, as in un millón de euros.
Related words
- millonariomillionairenoun
- millonadalarge sumnoun