How to Say ‘How many bags will you be checking?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Cuántas maletas va a documentar?
KWAHN-tahs mah-LEH-tahs bah ah doh-koo-mehn-TAR
[KWAHN-tahs mah-LEH-tahs bah ah doh-koo-mehn-TAR]
💬 Usage Tip: [Va a + verb] is a common future pattern in everyday Spanish. Same idea: [¿Va a pagar con tarjeta?]
Phrase Breakdown
Cuántas
[KWAHN-tahs]
how many
Used to ask about quantity with feminine plural nouns.
¿Cuántas maletas va a documentar hoy?
How many suitcases are you going to check today?
maletas
[mah-LEH-tahs]
suitcases
Plural noun for pieces of luggage.
Las maletas van en la báscula.
The suitcases go on the scale.
Va a documentar
bah ah doh-koo-mehn-TAR
are you going to check in
In airport Spanish, 'documentar' means to check in luggage.
¿Va a documentar equipaje?
Are you going to check in luggage?
Words in this phrase
va
[bah]
are you going to
Here va is used with a to form the future expression.
¿Va a documentar una mochila también?
Are you also going to check a backpack?
a
[ah]
to
Links va with the infinitive documentar.
Va a documentar solo una maleta.
You are going to check only one suitcase.
documentar
[doh-koo-mehn-TAR]
to check in
Common airport verb in Mexico for checking baggage.
Necesito documentar esta maleta.
I need to check this suitcase.
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