billetal
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biʝeˈtal/ [bi.ʝeˈt̪al] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /biʎeˈtal/ [bi.ʎeˈt̪al] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /biʃeˈtal/ [bi.ʃeˈt̪al] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /biʒeˈtal/ [bi.ʒeˈt̪al] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bi‧lle‧tal
Noun
billetal m (plural billetales)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) a large amount of money; a packet, bundle, mint, pile
- Synonym: dineral
Further reading
- “billetal”, 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