factura del alcantarillado
/faɡtuɾa del alkantaɾiʝado/from spelling rules
The English phrase "sewer bill" is translated into Spanish as factura del alcantarillado.
A "sewer bill" refers to a statement of money owed for the use of a city's sewage system. You can use factura del alcantarillado to refer to this bill, or you can substitute factura with recibo to say recibo del alcantarillado, as recibo can mean both "receipt" and "bill" in many contexts.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase factura del alcantarillado is composed of factura (bill), del (of the) and alcantarillado (sewerage or sewer system).
Which one should you use?
You may encounter Factura de alcantarillado as a more formal version. If you are specifically referring to a "sanitation receipt," the formal expression Recibo de saneamiento is used.
How do you pronounce it?
/faɡtuɾa del alkantaɾiʝado/
Did you know?
- While factura is the standard term for a bill, in Argentina, the word factura also refers to a variety of sweet pastries. This specific usage originated from Argentinian bakers using the term to subversively highlight the value of their labor.
Examples in context
- Necesito pagar mi factura de alcantarillado, ¿dónde puedo hacerlo?I need to pay my sewer bill, where can I do it?
- Ojalá no suban el pago de saneamiento este mesHopefully, they don't raise the sewer bill this month
- Tengo que pagar la factura del alcantarillado hoy.I have to pay the sewer bill today.
- ¿Dónde dejaste la factura del alcantarillado?Where did you leave the sewer bill?
- La factura del alcantarillado llegó muy alta este mes.The sewer bill arrived very high this month.
Example conversation
Elena and Daniel are looking through the mail in their living room.
- ElenaDaniel, ¿viste la factura del alcantarillado?Daniel, did you see the sewer bill?
- DanielNo, no la he visto.No, I haven't seen it.
- ElenaEstá sobre la mesa de la cocina.It is on the kitchen table.
- DanielEstá bien, la buscaré ahora.Okay, I will look for it now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries alcantarillado, del, factura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
