papeleta

From papel +‎ -eta.

papeleta f (plural papeletas)

1. sheet of paper
2. ballot (paper used for vote-casting)
3. certificate
4. bill
5. problem; pickle
6. (normally plural) chance; possibility; likelihood

   tiene muchas papeletas de ganar

   she's all too likely to win

• “papeleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28