billete

See also: Billete and billeté

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French billet.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝete/ [biˈʝe.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /biˈʎete/ [biˈʎe.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃete/ [biˈʃe.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒete/ [biˈʒe.t̪e]

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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