el
masculine
/biˈʎete/
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Translation
ticket, banknote
Word origin
Borrowed from French billet ('note, ticket'), a diminutive of bille ('written document'), from Medieval Latin bulla ('sealed document'). English 'bulletin' and 'bill' share this root.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- billet
- English cognates
- bulletin, billet
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralbilletes
Examples
Madrid.
I bought a train ticket to Madrid.
cuesta .
The plane ticket is very expensive this summer.
cincuenta euros.
They gave me a fifty euro note.
.
I have lost the ticket and can't get in.
.
Get the ticket before getting on the train.
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