Esa es mi puerta.
That's my door.
Someone is leaving flyers outside the doors along a hallway, and esa es mi puerta points out which one belongs to the speaker.
From Dr. House · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "door" in Spanish
la puerta
nounfeminineplural: las puertas
"Door" in Spanish is la puerta, and more than one are las puertas. It's feminine, so you say una puerta abierta. The same word covers a front door, a car door and the gate at the airport: la puerta de embarque.
Hear "puerta" in real movie scenes
An apartment door and a car door. Each video starts and stops on that line.
La puerta está cerrada.
The door's locked.
In a hurry to get into the car, someone pulls the handle with no luck, a reminder that puerta works for car doors too.
From ¡Bu! 2: una noche de brujas de Madea · Spanish audio
Door phrases you'll use
From the front door to the boarding gate.
| Spanish | English | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| llamar a la puerta | to knock on the door | Much of Latin America also says tocar la puerta. |
| la puerta principal | the front door | You'll also hear la puerta de entrada. |
| la puerta del coche | the car door | La puerta del carro in Mexico and much of Latin America. |
| la puerta de embarque | the boarding gate | Your gate at the airport. |
| Hay alguien en la puerta. | Someone's at the door. | En la puerta means at the door. |
| de puerta en puerta | door to door | Vende libros de puerta en puerta. |
Tip: On door signs, empujar or empuje means push, and tirar or tire means pull.
Grammar: la puerta, las puertas
Four points for talking about doors.
Feminine, with la
la puerta, una puerta, las puertas. Adjectives take -a: una puerta abierta, la puerta cerrada.Hay for a new door
Mention a door for the first time with hay: En la cocina hay una puerta. For a door you both know, use está: La puerta está a la derecha.Which door: first, second
Put the ordinal before puerta, ending in -a: la primera puerta, la segunda puerta, la octava puerta.Two syllables only
Say PWEHR-tah. The u slides into the e, and the r is a single quick tap of the tongue.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
La puerta está abierta.
The door is open.
En la cocina hay una puerta.
There's a door in the kitchen.
La segunda puerta. ¡Buenas noches!
The second door. Good night!
La puerta está cerrada.
The door's locked.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗el puerta
✓la puerta
Puerta is feminine, and so is every adjective you use with it.
✗En la cocina está una puerta
✓En la cocina hay una puerta
When you mention a door for the first time, say hay.
✗poo-EHR-tah (pronunciation)
✓PWEHR-tah
Ue is one sound, so the word has two beats.
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How to remember it
Puerta sounds like port, the place where ships come in. Think of a door as the port of your home.
Questions about "door" in Spanish
How do you say door in Spanish?
La puerta. It's feminine, and the plural is las puertas.
How do you say "knock on the door" in Spanish?
Llamar a la puerta, or tocar la puerta in much of Latin America. Alguien llama a la puerta means someone is knocking.
Is puerta masculine or feminine?
Feminine: la puerta, una puerta. Adjectives agree with it, as in la puerta abierta.
How do you say gate at the airport in Spanish?
La puerta de embarque, or just la puerta with its number: puerta 12.
