Millón (en. Million)

/miˈɲon/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish
noun
Number that represents a million units.
The city's population exceeds a million inhabitants.
La población de la ciudad supera el millón de habitantes.
Large quantity or very high number.
There are a million ways to do things.
Hay un millón de maneras de hacer las cosas.
In finance, an amount equivalent to one million monetary units.
The project will cost over a million dollars.
El proyecto costará más de un millón de dólares.

Etymology

From Latin 'millio', meaning 'thousand'.

Common Phrases and Expressions

a million and more
An excessive large quantity.
un millón y más
to be a million
To stand out or be incomparable.
ser un millón
one hundred million
An enormous or unattainable amount.
cien millones

Related Words

million
Cardinal number equivalent to 1,000,000.
millón
thousand
Number that represents 1,000.
mil
billion
Number that represents 1,000,000,000.
billon

Slang Meanings

Large amount of money.
I spent a million in one weekend.
Gasté un millón en un fin de semana.
An exaggeration about something common.
I’ve told you a million times not to do that.
Te he dicho un millón de veces que no debes hacer eso.