Learn Spanish (Latin America): Por azar, ella perdió un dinerón y aceptó la bancarrota. - By chance, she lost a huge amount of money and accepted bankruptcy.

Adding -ón to dinero (money) creates dinerón, which means a huge amount of money or a fortune. The suffix -ón is an augmentative that emphasizes large size or intensity. Notice that the word drops the final -o of dinero before adding the suffix.

Could I use por casualidad instead of por azar here?

Yes, both mean 'by chance', but they have a slightly different flavor. Por casualidad feels like a simple coincidence. Por azar implies a stronger sense of randomness, blind fate, or luck (like a roll of the dice). In fact, 'games of chance' are called juegos de azar.

Why does dinerón have a written accent mark?

The suffix -ón puts the spoken stress on that final syllable. In Spanish, words ending in n, s, or a vowel are naturally expected to stress the second-to-last syllable. Because dinerón breaks this pronunciation rule, it requires a written accent mark. You will see this on almost all singular nouns using the -ón suffix.

Why is there an article in front of bancarrota (la bancarrota) when in English we just say 'accepted bankruptcy'?