billete
nounBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “billete” mean in English?
ticket
Example sentences
Necesito un billete de tren.
I need a train ticket.
Compré dos billetes para el avión.
I bought two plane tickets.
Tengo un billete de cien euros.
I have a hundred-euro note.
How to use it
Billete means 'ticket' (Spain) or 'banknote'. Masculine: el billete. Latin America often uses boleto for transport tickets.
Common mistake
In Spain billete covers both 'ticket' and 'banknote'. In Latin America, boleto for transport ticket; billete reserved for banknote.
Topics
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.