Spanish · Billetes / abono
You ask about the price and a discount: what to say in Spanish
You ask about the price and discount.
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How it's done. Discounts are descuento: for youth (joven), seniors (mayor), families (familia numerosa) and children; tarjeta is a card; ask ¿Hay algún descuento?Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
¿Cuánto cuesta el billete? ¿Hay algún descuento?
Koo-AHN-toh koo-ES-tuh el bee-EH-teh? Igh uhl-GOON des-koo-AYN-toh?
How much is the ticket? Is there any discount?
THEY SAY
Treinta y dos euros. Con tarjeta joven, veinte.TRAYN-tuh ee dos EH-oo-ros. Kohn tuhr-KHEH-tuh KHOH-bayn, BAYN-teh.
Thirty-two euros. With a youth card, twenty.
They might also say:
Son treinta y dos euros. Para jóvenes hay descuento.
Sohn TRAYN-tuh ee dos EH-oo-ros. PAH-ruh KHOH-beh-nes igh des-koo-AYN-toh.
It's thirty-two euros. Young people get a discount.
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YOU REPLY
Sin tarjeta, entonces. Un billete, por favor.
Seen tuhr-KHEH-tuh, ayn-TOHN-ses. Oon bee-EH-teh, por fuh-BOR.
Without a card, then. One ticket, please.
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene. Tren a las nueve y diez.Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. Trayn uh lahs noo-EH-beh ee dyehs.
Here you are. Train at ten past nine.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. ¿De qué andén sale?
GRAH-syuhs. Deh keh ahn-DAYN SAH-leh?
Thanks. Which platform does it leave from?
THEY SAY
Mire el panel, lo ponen diez minutos antes.MEE-reh el puh-NEL, loh POH-nayn dyehs mee-NOO-tos AHN-tes.
Look at the board, they post it ten minutes before.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
cuesta
koo-ES-tuh
verb
costs
billete
bee-EH-teh
noun
ticket
descuento
des-koo-AYN-toh
noun
discount
euros
EH-oo-ros
noun
euros
tarjeta
tuhr-KHEH-tuh
noun
card
joven
KHOH-bayn
adjective
young
29 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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