🇬🇧🇪🇸 millionaire - millonario : English Lesson

Meaning of "millionaire" ("millonario"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A millionaire is a person who owns so much money and valuable things that, if you added it all up, it would be at least one million dollars, pounds, euros, or another kind of money. That’s the same as having a huge pile of money that could fill many suitcases or even a small room. Being a millionaire doesn’t just mean having a big pile of cash; it can also mean owning things like houses, land, or businesses that are worth a lot of money when you add their value together.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

If every time my sister said, “I’m bored,” she got a dollar, she’d be a very dramatic millionaire.

Our teacher said knowledge makes you rich, so my notebook is a millionaire and I’m still broke.

If eye-rolls earned cash, every teenager on Earth would be a millionaire by breakfast.

Grandpa says he isn’t a millionaire, but he has a secret treasure: a jar full of buttons from 1973.

Some real millionaires live very simply and don’t show off at all—so that mysterious person in old sneakers might secretly be one.

She read "You are a millionaire" on the bank screen and laughed. The teller called, "A millionaire!" Her neighbor ran out shouting, "You are a millionaire!" She counted the zeros again, a millionaire at last. She hugged her old coat, a quiet millionaire, and walked home smiling as tears ran down her face.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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