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Saqué dos billetes del cajero.

Saqué dos billetes del cajero.
I took out two bills from the ATM.
From Lesson 101:Preterite spelling changes (-gué, -qué, -cé)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Saqué dos billetes del cajero.

Why is it saqué and not "sacé"?
The verb is sacar (to take out). In the preterite (past) tense, verbs ending in -car change the c to qu in the yo (I) form. This keeps the hard "k" sound of the infinitive. If we wrote "sacé", it would be pronounced with a soft "s" sound! So, yo saqué means "I took out."
Does billetes mean "tickets" or "money" here?
In Latin America, a billete is a paper bank note (a bill). While it can mean "ticket" (like for a bus or train) in Spain, in the context of an ATM (cajero), it definitely means paper money!
Why do we use del instead of de el?
Whenever the preposition de (from/of) is followed directly by the masculine article el (the), they must combine to form the contraction del. Here, it's de + el cajero = del cajero (from the ATM).
I thought cajero meant "cashier"?
You're right! A cajero or cajera can mean a person working as a bank teller or cashier. However, it's also the common everyday word for an ATM (short for cajero automático). Context tells us which one it is here.

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