un millón
/un miʝon/from spelling rules
The English phrase "one million" is translated into Spanish as un millón.
un millón is used to represent the number equal to a thousand thousands.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Latin America, the informal variation un palo is used in conversation to refer to one million. In Mexico and Central America, you may hear the informal phrase un chingo to refer to large amounts.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word millón is a masculine noun, which is why it requires the masculine article un rather than the feminine una. When you use un millón as a quantifier before a noun, you must include the preposition de before that noun, forming the structure un millón de [noun].
How do you pronounce it?
/un miʝon/
What mistakes should you avoid?
English speakers often forget to include de after millón when it is followed by a noun. Avoid saying un millón dólares and instead use the correct form un millón de dólares.
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Examples in context
- La casa se vendió en un millón de dólares.The house was sold for one million dollars.This sentence shows how to use un millón when discussing a price in dollars.Tatoeba #3009846 by hayastan, translation #4981879 by bellyfuss1
- Un millón de personas perdieron la vida en la guerra.One million people lost their lives in the war.This sentence demonstrates using un millón to quantify people.Tatoeba #2736 by Shishir, translation #1544 by CK
- El banco le prestó a la compañía un millón de dólares.The bank loaned the company one million dollars.This sentence shows the use of un millón in the context of a bank loan.Tatoeba #2058539 by lazarus1907, translation #659564 by CK
- La compañía recibió un millón de dólares en ganancias el año pasado.The company received one million dollars in profits last year.
- El proyecto requerirá una inversión de un millón de euros.The project will require an investment of one million euros.
- Vendimos un millón de unidades de nuestro producto estrella.We sold one million units of our flagship product.
- Necesitamos producir un millón de unidades para cumplir con la demanda.We need to produce one million units to meet the demand.
- ¿Sabes que mi casa valió un millón de dólares?You know my house was worth one million dollars?
- El carro de Jesús cuesta un millón de pesos.Jesus' car costs one million pesos.
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Example conversation
Javier and Elena are discussing the price of a luxury car.
- Javier¿Cuesta un millón de pesos?Does it cost one million pesos?
- ElenaNo, es mucho más caro.No, it is much more expensive.
- JavierEs un millón de dólares, entonces.It is one million dollars, then.
- ElenaExactamente, Javier.Exactly, Javier.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries millón, un, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
