Can "una cartera" be used as a wallet, as well as a purse?
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una cartera
Matumic
January 22, 2008
Mauricio
March 26, 2008
Hi Oli,
Not a 100% sure on that one, in Chile we use "Billetera" for wallet and "Cartera" for a woman’s handbag or purse... but I think in some places, they may use “cartera” for everything... not sure.
Kind regards,
Mauricio
Trucker
October 5, 2009
Go here: http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=cartera
The dictionary at the site I linked to is proving to be extremely helpful for me.
Hope that helps you.
Cristian-Montes-de-Oca
September 24, 2011
hola!!!
In Mexico we use the word "cartera" for a lot of diffrent things.
One of them is the mens wallet...."La cartera de hombre" ;)
So if you come to Mexico, you can use "cartera" for talking about a wallet, or also "billetera" which comes from the word "billete" or bill (as in dollar bill).
"Cartera" comes from "carta" or letter...so its the bag you put the letters, mail or postcards that is used by the mailman or postman (in England :P).
Mohammed-B1
June 4, 2013
hola
naomi-t2
October 11, 2013
I think it can be used for both- I used another language program before this one and they used cartera for wallet.
bills-c
October 25, 2013
victoria-rocket-spanish-tutor
November 26, 2013
In Mexico it means wallet, but in other Spanish speaking countries, Argentina for example, it means handbag.
Saludos,
Victoria
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