Palabra Lexi · common words in Spanish
How to say "ticket" in Spanish
"Ticket" in Spanish is billete, pronounced bee-YEH-teh (stress on the syllable in capitals). In short: a ticket for a bus, train or plane; also "a banknote". It is a masculine noun (el billete, plural los billetes). Also: entrada, a ticket for a concert, film or match; also "an entrance".
| Spanish | billete |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | bee-YEH-teh |
| Meaning | ticket |
| Gender | masculine: el billete |
| Plural | los billetes |
| Frequency | #136 in the Palabra list of common Spanish words |
Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
How to pronounce billete
Billete is pronounced bee-YEH-teh, in IPA /biˈʝete/. Billete has three syllables, bee-YEH-teh, with the stress on the second. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
- Ll sounds like the y in "yes" in most accents.
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Is billete masculine or feminine?
Billete is masculine, so it takes el (the) and un (a): el billete. The plural is los billetes. The ending does not tell you the gender here, so learn the word together with its article: el billete.
Example sentences
Un billete de tren
a train ticket
un billete, por favor
one ticket, please
billete de avión
plane ticket
"Ticket" in Spain and Latin America
Other words you will hear
- boleto — Latin America: a ticket for transport or a lottery
- pasaje — Latin America: a travel ticket
- entrada — a ticket to a show, a match or a museum
Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.
How to remember billete
billete [bee-YEH-teh] sounds like the English “bill, yeti”. Picture this:
The yeti pays the bill and keeps the billete: first ticket ever sold to a yeti.
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