In Mexico, most trips between cities go by bus, from a big bus station. Learn to buy a ticket at the counter: where to, when, one way or round trip, and which seat.
Your turn
What is Ben buying?
Un boleto para Puebla, por favor.
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A ticket to Puebla. el boleto is the usual word for a ticket in Mexico and much of Latin America.
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The main idea
Un boleto para Puebla, por favor.
A ticket to Puebla, please.
¿Para qué día?
For which day?
Para el sábado.
For Saturday.
¿A qué hora?
What time?
A las ocho.
At eight.
¿Sencillo o redondo?
One way or round trip?
Redondo, por favor.
Round trip, please.
¿Ventana o pasillo?
Window or aisle?
Ventana, por favor.
A window seat, please.
¿Cuánto es?
How much is it?
Word
Meaning
la central de autobuses
the bus station
la taquilla
the ticket counter
el boleto
the ticket
el asiento
the seat
sencillo
one way
redondo
round trip
el regreso
the return trip
Un boleto a Puebla works too. In Mexico a round trip is redondo, like the English round; in many other countries it is ida y vuelta, and one way is solo ida. In much of South America a ticket is el pasaje. Many people also buy bus tickets online or in an app.
At the ticket counter
On Friday, Ben buys a ticket for a weekend in Puebla, about two hours from Mexico City.
Ben:Buenos días. Un boleto para Puebla, por favor.
Good morning. A ticket to Puebla, please.
Empleado:¿Sencillo o redondo?
One way or round trip?
Ben:Redondo, por favor. Para el sábado a las ocho.
Round trip, please. For Saturday at eight.
Empleado:¿Y el regreso?
And the return?
Ben:El domingo a las seis de la tarde.
Sunday at six p.m.
Empleado:Muy bien. ¿Ventana o pasillo?
All right. Window or aisle?
Ben:Ventana, por favor. ¿Cuánto es?
Window, please. How much is it?
Empleado:Son seiscientos ochenta pesos.
That's six hundred eighty pesos.
Quick check
Your turn
The clerk asks ¿Sencillo o redondo? You're coming back on Sunday.
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Coming back: redondo, round trip.
Your turn
Ask for a ticket to Puebla:
Un boleto Puebla, por favor.
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Un boleto para Puebla, por favor.
Un boleto a Puebla, por favor.
para Puebla is the usual way; a Puebla works too.
Your turn
The clerk asks ¿Ventana o pasillo? What is he asking about?
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ventana (window) or pasillo (aisle): your seat, el asiento.
Your turn
The clerk says Son seiscientos ochenta pesos. How much is it?
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seiscientos is 600, ochenta is 80.
Your turn
Buy a one-way ticket to Oaxaca (wa-HA-ka) for Friday at ten p.m., with a window seat.
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Un boleto para Oaxaca, por favor. Sencillo, para el viernes a las diez de la noche. Ventana, por favor.
Un boleto sencillo para Oaxaca, para el viernes a las diez de la noche. Ventana, por favor.
un boleto para…, sencillo, para el viernes, a las diez de la noche and ventana.
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Take with you
Un boleto para Puebla, por favor.
A ticket to Puebla, please.
Redondo, por favor.
Round trip, please.
Sencillo, por favor.
One way, please.
Para el sábado a las ocho.
For Saturday at eight.
Ventana, por favor.
A window seat, please.
¿Cuánto es?
How much is it?
Un boleto para…, then the day, the time, sencillo or redondo, and your seat.
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