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 ganarshe's all too likely to win Further reading “papeleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10 Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.