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How to Say ‘Where is gate five?’ in Spain Spanish

¿Dónde está la puerta cinco?

dohn-deh es-TAH lah PWEHR-tah SEEN-ko

[dohn-deh es-TAH lah PWEHR-tah SEEN-ko]

💬 Usage Tip: Asking where something is always uses está, never es. Swap in anything: ¿Dónde está la salida? "Where is the exit?".

Phrase Breakdown

¿Dónde está

dohn-deh es-TAH

Where is

Stress 'DÓN' and the final 'TÁ'.

Example

¿Dónde está el baño?

Where is the toilet?

Words in this phrase

Dónde

[dohn-deh]

Where

An interrogative word used to ask about place or position.

Example

Pregunté '¿Dónde encontraste eso?'

I asked 'Where did you find that?'

está

[es-TAH]

Formal verb form of estar used to ask how someone is doing.

Example

¿Cómo está su madre?

How is your mother?

la puerta cinco?

lah PWEHR-tah SEEN-ko

gate five?

Say 'cinco' with a 'th' sound in Spain. Let your pitch fall at the end, as usual for 'dónde' questions.

Example

Busco la puerta cinco.

I'm looking for gate five.

Words in this phrase

[lah]

The (feminine singular)

A definite article used before a singular feminine noun.

Example

Me encanta la camisa que llevas.

I love the shirt you are wearing.

puerta

[PWEHR-tah]

gate

Literally 'door'; at airports it means the boarding gate.

Example

Vamos a la puerta doce.

Let's go to gate twelve.

cinco

[SEEN-ko]

five

The number equivalent to the sum of four plus one.

Example

Tienes cinco minutos para terminar.

You have five minutes to finish.

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