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You buy a ticket at the ticket office: what to say in Spanish

You buy a ticket at the ticket office.

Billetes / abono7 linesLevel A1For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. A ticket is a billete: sencillo (single), de ida y vuelta (return); ask ¿A qué hora sale? (what time does it leave) and ¿De qué andén? (which platform).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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Buenos días. ¿Adónde va?
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs. Uh-DOHN-deh bah?
Good morning. Where are you going?
They might also say:
Hola, buenas. ¿Para dónde?
OH-luh, boo-EH-nuhs. PAH-ruh DOHN-deh?
Hello. Where to?
YOU REPLY
Un billete de ida y vuelta a Valencia, por favor.
Oon bee-EH-teh deh EE-duh ee boo-EL-tuh uh Buh-LAYN-syuh, por fuh-BOR.
A return ticket to Valencia, please.
THEY SAY
¿Para cuándo?
PAH-ruh koo-AHN-doh?
For when?
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YOU REPLY
Para mañana, por la mañana.
PAH-ruh muh-NYAH-nuh, por lah muh-NYAH-nuh.
For tomorrow, in the morning.
THEY SAY
Hay uno a las nueve y diez.
Igh OO-noh uh lahs noo-EH-beh ee dyehs.
There's one at ten past nine.
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YOU FINISH
Perfecto. Ese, por favor. ¿Cuánto es?
Pehr-FEK-toh. EH-seh, por fuh-BOR. Koo-AHN-toh es?
Perfect. That one, please. How much is it?
THEY SAY
Treinta y dos euros.
TRAYN-tuh ee dos EH-oo-ros.
Thirty-two euros.
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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.

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Words worth knowing

Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
va
bah
verb
goes
billete
bee-EH-teh
noun
ticket
ida
EE-duh
noun
outward trip
vuelta
boo-EL-tuh
noun
change

22 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?
¡Gracias!
GRAH-syuhs!
Thank you!

All 21 rescue phrases in Spanish →

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