4 ms·Not a Spanish specific thing really.by narag 7y agoNot a Spanish specific thing really.tyfon 7y agoNope, this also applies to the Scandinavian countries at least.Taniwha 7y agoIt was also true in most of the English speaking world except for the US until relatively recently - some people still talk about "american billions" and "english billions" (the last being 10^12)