entrada - or - billetes .. ?

Question

Should I use billets or Estrada when buying train/ metro tickets in Madrid .

billetes for transportation ways(train bus metro...). entradas for shows ( theatre cinema ...). - 000a35ff, Feb 21, 2017

Answer 1

Hi Mr blue Sky,

You asked:

Should I use billets or Estrada when buying train/ metro tickets in Madrid?

You would use the word billete(s) for any form of (public)transportation by train, bus, aeroplane.

The word entrada is used in Spanish to mean an admission into a place of interest such as a museum, theatre, amusement park, aquarium or a zoo.

There are regional variations in other parts of South America, and other countries where Spanish is the principal language spoken In South (Latin) America they often use the word boleto instead. My experience of having spoken Spanish in Spain and through Spanish classe with natives from Spain is that billete is the most common word used in Spain.

I hope this helps