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How to Say ‘Your gate is twelve.’ in Mexican Spanish

Su puerta es la doce.

soo PWER-tah es lah DOH-seh

[soo PWER-tah es lah DOH-seh]

💬 Usage Tip: The number uses [la] because it refers back to [la puerta]. You'll hear the same with other feminine nouns: [la sala es la tres].

Phrase Breakdown

Su puerta

soo PWER-tah

your gate

Formal 'your' (usted); in airports, 'puerta' means boarding gate.

Example

Su puerta está a la izquierda.

Your gate is on the left.

Words in this phrase

Su

[soo]

your

Formal way to say your.

Example

Su asiento está junto a la ventana.

Your seat is next to the window.

puerta

[PWER-tah]

gate

Airport boarding gate.

Example

La puerta abre en veinte minutos.

The gate opens in twenty minutes.

Es la doce

es lah DOH-seh

is number twelve

Tells the number of the gate; in natural English this would be 'It is gate 12.'

Example

La sala es la tres.

The room is number three.

Words in this phrase

es

[es]

is

Used to identify or assign something.

Example

Es la puerta correcta para su vuelo.

It is the correct gate for your flight.

la

[lah]

the

Article used before the gate number.

Example

Es la doce en la terminal A.

It is twelve in terminal A.

doce

[DOH-seh]

twelve

Number used for the gate assignment.

Example

La doce está al fondo.

Twelve is at the end.

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