real de vellón

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reˌal de beˈʝon/ [reˌal̪ d̪e β̞eˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /reˌal de beˈʝon/ [reˌal̪ d̪e β̞eˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /reˌal de beˈʎon/ [reˌal̪ d̪e β̞eˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /reˌal de beˈʃon/ [reˌal̪ d̪e β̞eˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /reˌal de beˈʒon/ [reˌal̪ d̪e β̞eˈʒõn]

• Syllabification: re‧al de ve‧llón

Noun

real de vellón m (plural reales de vellón)

1. an old coin of Spain from the 19th century

Further reading

• “real de vellón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014