Travel in Spanish (pt. 1) – Lesson 53

Travel in Spanish: part 1

New blue vocabulary topic: travel! This topic has 3 parts. Today we start with the basics: the verb “to travel”, the airport, and how to buy a ticket.

Viajar: to travel

Viajar ends in -ar, and it’s a regular verb. So with the trick from lesson 37, you can already conjugate it: viajo, viajas, viaja, viajamos, viajáis, viajan.

The trip

Easy to remember: viajar (to travel) → el viaje (the trip). And you’ll hear ¡Buen viaje! (Have a good trip!) when someone leaves.

At the airport

Aeropuerto and pasaporte are easy, they look a lot like English. Avión has the stress at the end because of the tilde: “a-BYON” (remember, the v sounds like a soft b).

Literally “the card of boarding” and “the door of boarding”. Embarcar means “to board” (to get on the plane), and la puerta is the word for door, and also for the gate at the airport.

The ticket: billete, boleto or tiquete

Three words for the same thing! In Spain, it’s el billete. In most of Latin America, el boleto. And in countries like Colombia you’ll hear el tiquete, which sounds a lot like the English word. They’re all understood, so use the one that fits where you are.

Buying a ticket

Quiero comprar: two verbs together! Quiero is the helper verb (conjugated), and comprar (to buy) stays in its basic form, just like we learned in the auxiliary verbs lesson. And ¿cuánto cuesta? is from lesson 38.

Recap: travel (part 1)

Spanish	English
viajar	to travel
el viaje	the trip
el vuelo	the flight
el avión	the airplane
el aeropuerto	the airport
■■■■■■■■	■■■■■■■■
■■■■■■■■	■■■■■■■■
■■■■■■■■	■■■■■■■■

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Practice: travel

Say it out loud first, then click to check.

1. Say “I travel to Mexico”.

Viajo a México.

2. Say “We travel to Spain”.

Viajamos a España.

3. Ask “Where is the airport?”

¿Dónde está el aeropuerto?

4. Say “I want to buy a ticket” (Spain).

Quiero comprar un billete.

5. Ask how much the ticket is (Latin America).

¿Cuánto cuesta el boleto?

6. Wish someone a good trip.

¡Buen viaje!

Quiz: travel (part 1)

8 questions. ¡Buen viaje!

Frequently asked questions

Is “billete” also money?

Yes! Un billete is also a banknote, like un billete de diez euros. That’s why in Latin America people often prefer boleto for tickets.

Before you go to the next lesson

That’s part 1 of travel. Grab the free reference sheet below, and next time you book a trip, say it in Spanish! ¡Hasta la próxima!