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Necesito un boleto de ida y vuelta.

Necesito un boleto de ida y vuelta.
I need a round-trip ticket.
From Lesson 92:Destinations, deadlines, and purpose (para)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Necesito un boleto de ida y vuelta.

necesitar
to need
el boleto
the ticket
de ida y vuelta
round trip

Questions & Answers about Necesito un boleto de ida y vuelta.

Why do we use de here instead of para? Since the lesson is about para, shouldn't it be a ticket 'for' a round trip?
It is tempting to use para when you think 'a ticket for a round trip'. However, Spanish uses de to describe the specific type or category of an object. Because ida y vuelta describes the kind of ticket it is, we use de.
What do the words ida and vuelta literally mean?
Ida means 'departure' or 'going' (it comes from the verb ir, meaning 'to go'). Vuelta means 'return' (from the verb volver, meaning 'to return'). Together, they literally translate to 'of going and returning'.
I have learned the word billete for ticket. Why use boleto here?
In Latin America, boleto is the standard word for a travel or event ticket. If you use billete in Latin America, people will usually think you mean a paper bank note, like a dollar bill. Billete is used for tickets mostly in Spain.
How would I ask for a one-way ticket using this structure?
You just leave out the return part! A one-way ticket is simply un boleto de ida.

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