billetudo

Spanish

Etymology

From billete +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biʝeˈtudo/ [bi.ʝeˈt̪u.ð̞o]

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

• 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

Further reading

• “billetudo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010