billete
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈʝete/ [biˈʝe.t̪e] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /biˈʎete/ [biˈʎe.t̪e] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /biˈʃete/ [biˈʃe.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /biˈʒete/ [biˈʒe.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: bi‧lle‧te
Noun
billete m (plural billetes)
- banknote, bill (paper currency)
- (Spain, Philippines) ticket
- Synonym: boleto
- ¿Ya reservaste los billetes del tren?
- Have you already booked the train tickets?
- (heraldry) billet
- (colloquial, uncountable) money
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dinero
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “billete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024