billetudo

Spanish

Etymology

From billete +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /biʝeˈtudo/ [bi.ʝeˈt̪u.ð̞o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /biʎeˈtudo/ [bi.ʎeˈt̪u.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /biʃeˈtudo/ [bi.ʃeˈt̪u.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /biʒeˈtudo/ [bi.ʒeˈt̪u.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: bi‧lle‧tu‧do

Adjective

billetudo (feminine billetuda, masculine plural billetudos, feminine plural billetudas)

  1. (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru) wealthy
    Synonym: platudo

Noun

billetudo m (plural billetudos, feminine billetuda, feminine plural billetudas)

  1. (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru) a wealthy person; an affluent
    Synonym: platudo

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