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"A ticket to…, please" in Spanish: un boleto para…, por favor

un boleto para…, por favor

Say it: oon boh-LEH-toh PAH-rah… por fah-BOHRphrase/ˈun bo.ˈle.to ˈpa.ɾa … ˈpoɾ fa.ˈβoɾ/

A ticket to…, please is un boleto para…, por favor. Say the city after para. Prefer boleto in Latin America (Spain: billete).

Bus window

Un boleto para Guadalajara, por favor.
A ticket to Guadalajara, please.
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How to pronounce un boleto para…, por favor

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oon boh-LEH-toh PAH-rah… por fah-BOHR

/ˈun bo.ˈle.to ˈpa.ɾa … ˈpoɾ fa.ˈβoɾ/

oon boh-LEH-toh PAH-rah… por fah-BOHR. Stress LEH.

"A ticket to…, please" in Spanish: quick reference

SpanishEnglish
un boleto para…, por favora ticket to…, please

Default counter ask.

dos boletos para…two tickets to…

Plural.

un boleto de idaa one-way ticket

Trip type.

un boleto de ida y vueltaa round-trip ticket

Return trip.

How to use un boleto para…, por favor in real life

  1. 1Bus window

    Un boleto para Guadalajara, por favor.

    A ticket to Guadalajara, please.

    Full ask.

  2. 2Two people

    Dos boletos para el centro, por favor.

    Two tickets to downtown, please.

    Plural.

  3. 3Train

    Un boleto para Puebla, por favor.

    A ticket to Puebla, please.

    City name.

Mistakes English speakers make with un boleto para…, por favor

Incorrect: Un billete para Lima, por favor.

Correct: Un boleto para Lima, por favor.

Prefer boleto in Latin America.

Incorrect: Un ticket para Lima, por favor.

Correct: Un boleto para Lima, por favor.

Use boleto, not English ticket.

Good to know

Boleto is the everyday Latin American ticket word. Say the city after para. Keep por favor at the end of un boleto para…

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  1. ChatPal

    Un boleto para Oaxaca, por favor.

    A ticket to Oaxaca, please.

  2. You

    Dos boletos para Oaxaca, por favor.

    Two tickets to Oaxaca, please.

  3. ChatPal

    ¿Ida y vuelta?

    Round trip?

  4. You

    Solo ida. Pago con tarjeta.

    One way. I'll pay by card.

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Common questions about "A ticket to…, please" in Spanish

Full phrase?

Un boleto para…, por favor.

Boleto vs billete?

Use boleto in Latin America; billete is Spain.

Two tickets?

Dos boletos para…

Pronounce boleto?

boh-LEH-toh, stress LEH.

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