AUn billete, por favor.
B¿Qué línea?
ALa estación Sol.
BSon dos euros.
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Buying a Ticket at the Subway Station
En el metro: comprar un billete
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A
Un billete, por favor.
One ticket, please.
B
¿Qué línea?
Which line?
A
La estación Sol.
Sol station.
B
Son dos euros.
That's two euros.
Key vocabulary
- billetem.
ticket
“Un billete, por favor.”— One ticket, please.
Pattern a subway ticket
Compare boleto (common in Latin America)
Plural: billetes
💡 Spain uses billete; Latin America mostly uses boleto. In Latin America, billete often means a banknote.
- líneaf.
line (route)
“¿Qué línea?”— Which line?
Pattern subway line
Compare trayecto (route)
Plural: líneas
💡 Línea comes from Latin linea, originally meaning a linen thread, later extended to mean a line or route.
- estaciónf.
station
“La estación Sol.”— Sol station.
Pattern subway station
Compare parada (bus stop)
Plural: estaciones
💡 Estación also means season, as in las cuatro estaciones (the four seasons).
- eurom.
euro
“Son dos euros.”— That's two euros.
Pattern two euros
Plural: euros
💡 The euro symbol is €. In Spanish it is pronounced 'eu-ro' with the stress on eu.
At the subway station
In Spain, you ask for a billete when buying a subway ticket, but in Latin America (for example, in Mexico) people usually say boleto. In Latin America, billete often refers to a banknote. Also, at subway ticket offices in Latin America, you often hear boleto directly, while in Spain they say billete.
Source: Based on Nueva gramática de la lengua española and common Latin American usage
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