| Principal Translations |
| trillion n | (million million, 10^12) | billón nm |
| Note: "a trillion" is used generally; "one trillion" is used to emphasize the precise amount |
| | The world's population is nowhere near one trillion. |
| | La población del mundo no está cerca del billón. |
a trillion,
one trillion,
1 trillion adj | invariable (a million million in number, 10^12) | billón adj mf |
| | The country's GDP is now over one-trillion dollars. |
| | El PBI del país está sobre el billón de dolares. |
| trillion adj | invariable (million million, 10^12) | billón adj mf |
| | The country needs to find three trillion dollars from somewhere. |
| trillion pron | invariable (people, things: million million, 10^12) | billón pron |
| | It is not known exactly how many stars make up this newly discovered galaxy, but there are estimated to be a trillion. |
| | Un billón firmó la petición. |
a trillion,
one trillion,
1 trillion,
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plural: trillions n | (sum: trillion pounds or dollars, 10^12) | billón nm |
| | Deficits of trillions are now taken for granted. |
| | Los déficit de billones ahora se dan por hecho. |
| trillion n | figurative, invariable, informal (a large number) (figurado) | millón nm |
| | | millones nmpl |
| | Look at all those stars! There must be a trillion! |
| | ¡Debe haber un millón de estrellas en el cielo esta noche! |
| trillions of [sth] adj | figurative, informal (many) (figurado) | millones de nmpl + prep |
| | I swear there are trillions of mosquitoes out here! |
| trillion n | UK, dated (quintillion, 10^18) | trillón nm |
| | A trillion here refers to one million billions. |
| trillion adj | UK, dated (quintillion, 10^18) | trillón nm |