At the airport: Boarding at the gate
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Key Phrases
¿Esta fila es para abordar?
Is this the line for boarding?
¿Ya empezó el abordaje?
Has boarding started already?
Ten tu pasaporte listo también.
Have your passport ready too.
Skills You'll Learn
Asking for directions and confirming the correct boarding line at the airport.
Pedir indicaciones y confirmar la fila correcta para abordar en el aeropuerto.
Checking whether boarding has already started and understanding timing-related responses.
Preguntar si el abordaje ya empezó y entender respuestas relacionadas con el tiempo.
Talking about travel documents like a boarding pass and passport during boarding.
Hablar sobre documentos de viaje como el pase de abordar y el pasaporte durante el abordaje.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are at the airport, standing in the boarding line and asking another passenger a few simple questions before getting on the plane.
Hola, ¿esta fila es para abordar?
Hi, is this the line for boarding?
Sí, aquí es la fila para la puerta.
Yes, this is the line for the gate.
Gracias. ¿Ya empezó el abordaje?
Thanks. Has boarding already started?
Sí, ya empezó hace unos minutos.
Yes, it started a few minutes ago.
Perfecto. Tengo mi pase aquí.
Perfect. I have my boarding pass here.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola
OH-lah
Hi
¿Esta fila
ES-tah FEE-lah
Is this line
💬 In questions like this, [esta] means [this] for a feminine noun: [esta fila], [esta puerta]. Swap the noun and keep the pattern: [¿Esta puerta es...?]
See breakdown →Es para abordar?
ess PAH-rah ah-bor-DAR
For boarding?
💬 [Para + verb] is a very common way to say what something is for: [para abordar], [para pagar], [para salir]. At airports, [abordar] is the usual verb for boarding.
See breakdown →¿Esta fila es para abordar?
ES-tah FEE-lah ess PAH-rah ah-bor-DAR
Is this the line for boarding?
💬 [Para + verb] is a very common way to say what something is for: [para abordar], [para pagar], [para salir]. At airports, [abordar] is the usual verb for boarding.
See breakdown →La fila
lah FEE-lah
The line
Abordar
ah-bor-DAR
To board
💬 At the airport in Mexico, [abordar] means to board a plane. You'll also hear the noun [abordaje] for [boarding].
See breakdown →Sí, aquí es
see ah-KEE ess
Yes, here is it
💬 Spanish often says [aquí es] where English would say [this is here] or just [this is]. You'll hear it for places and lines: [Aquí es la fila], [Aquí es la salida].
See breakdown →Sí, aquí es la fila.
see ah-KEE ess lah FEE-lah
Yes, this is the line.
💬 Spanish often says [aquí es] where English would say [this is here] or just [this is]. You'll hear it for places and lines: [Aquí es la fila], [Aquí es la salida].
See breakdown →La puerta
lah PWER-tah
The gate
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