papeleta
Spanish
Etymology
From papel + -eta.
Noun
papeleta f (plural papeletas)
- sheet of paper
- ballot (paper used for vote-casting)
- certificate
- bill
- problem; pickle
- (normally plural) chance; possibility; likelihood
- tiene muchas papeletas de ganar
- she's all too likely to win
Further reading
- “papeleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014