millardo

milliard

noun mee-YAHR-doh Rare

Also means

billion (10⁹)

Usage Note

Millardo is the formal Spanish term for one thousand million (10⁹), equivalent to the American 'billion'. In everyday speech most Spanish speakers today say mil millones or simply borrow billón (which technically means 10¹²). Millardo is used in technical or European Union contexts to avoid ambiguity with the traditional billón (10¹²).

Examples

"El proyecto costó un millardo de euros."

Natural Translation

The project cost a milliard euros.

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