"Open" in Spanish is abierto when it describes something: La tienda está abierta. When it's an action, "to open" is abrir: Voy a abrir el regalo. Abierto agrees with the noun, so you also get abierta, abiertos and abiertas.
Written by Isabella García, Language Content Manager at WordyUpdated October 4, 2026
Hear "abierto" and "abrir" in real movie scenes
One open place, one thing to open. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Aquí tienes tu espacio abierto.
Here's your open space.
At night, someone takes a friend up to a rooftop terrace and shows off the wide space under the sky. Espacio is masculine, so the adjective is abierto.
From Amigos con beneficios · Spanish audio
Abrir el sobre es sencillo.
Opening the envelope is easy.
Here the verb stays in its base form, abrir, where English uses opening. It works for anything you open: a gift, a window, a door.
From Suits · Spanish audio
Open: signs, questions and phrases
What you'll read on doors and say at the counter.
Spanish
English
Abierto
Open (on a sign)
¿Está abierto?
Is it open?
abierto 24 horas
open 24 hours
¿A qué hora abre?
What time does it open?
Abre la ventana, por favor.
Open the window, please.
quedarse con la boca abierta
to be amazed, open-mouthed
Tip: The opposites follow the same pattern: cerrado means closed, and cerrar means to close.
Grammar: abierto and abrir
Four points for the adjective and the verb.
Open right now: estar
La tienda está abierta. For whether a place or thing is open at the moment, use estar.
Open as a person: ser
Es muy abierto. With ser, it describes an open, outgoing person. For a woman: Es muy abierta.
Abrir in the present
abro, abres, abre, abrimos, abrís, abren. It's regular here: ¿A qué hora abre el museo?
Abierto, never abrido
Abierto is also the past participle of abrir: He abierto la ventana. I've opened the window.
Example sentences
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Es un jardín abierto.
It's an open garden.
Voy a abrir el regalo.
I'm going to open the gift.
Es muy abierto.
He's very open.
¿La única tienda abierta?
The only store that's open?
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗La tienda es abierta (open right now)
✓La tienda está abierta
For opening hours and right now, use estar.
✗He abrido la puerta
✓He abierto la puerta
Abrir has an irregular past participle.
✗ah-bee-EHR-toh (pronunciation)
✓ah-BYEHR-toh
The ie is one syllable, so the word has only three.
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How to remember it
Abierto sounds like "a bear toe": ah-BYEHR-toh. Picture a bear pushing its toe through a door that's wide open.
Abierto to describe something, as in La tienda está abierta. The verb "to open" is abrir.
How do you ask "is it open?" in Spanish?
¿Está abierto? For a feminine noun, the ending changes: ¿Está abierta la farmacia?
How do you say "open the door" in Spanish?
Abre la puerta to a friend, or Abra la puerta to someone you call usted.
Is it abrido or abierto?
Abierto. Abrir has an irregular past participle: He abierto la ventana.
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