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You change your ticket to another service: what to say in Spanish
You change your ticket to another service.
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How it's done. A ticket can be changed at the office or online (cambio de billete), sometimes with a surcharge; ask about conditions (condiciones); cheap fares often can't be exchanged.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
Quisiera cambiar este billete a mañana por la tarde.
Kee-SYEH-ruh kuhm-BYAHR ES-teh bee-EH-teh uh muh-NYAH-nuh por lah TAHR-deh.
I'd like to change this ticket to tomorrow afternoon.
THEY SAY
Veamos. Hay que pagar una diferencia de cinco euros.Beh-AH-mos. Igh keh puh-GAHR OO-nuh dee-feh-RAYN-syuh deh SEEN-koh EH-oo-ros.
Let's see. A difference of five euros has to be paid.
They might also say:
A ver. Con un suplemento de cinco euros se puede.
Uh behr. Kohn oon soo-pleh-MAYN-toh deh SEEN-koh EH-oo-ros seh poo-EH-deh.
Let's see. With a five-euro supplement it can be done.
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YOU REPLY
De acuerdo. ¿A qué hora hay tren?
Deh uh-koo-EHR-doh. Uh keh OH-ruh igh trayn?
All right. What time is there a train?
THEY SAY
A las cinco y veinte.Uh lahs SEEN-koh ee BAYN-teh.
At twenty past five.
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YOU FINISH
Perfecto. Ese, por favor.
Pehr-FEK-toh. EH-seh, por fuh-BOR.
Perfect. That one, please.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Son cinco euros de diferencia.Mooy byayn. Sohn SEEN-koh EH-oo-ros deh dee-feh-RAYN-syuh.
Very well. It's a five euro difference.
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
Quisiera
Kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
cambiar
kuhm-BYAHR
verb
to change, to exchange
billete
bee-EH-teh
noun
ticket
mañana
muh-NYAH-nuh
noun
tomorrow
tarde
TAHR-deh
noun
afternoon, evening
Veamos
Beh-AH-mos
verb
let's see
25 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?
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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