Describe a door, count doors and make a polite request to close one.
The idea
Puerta means door and is feminine: la puerta, una puerta. The plural is las puertas. With estar, use abierta or cerrada for its state.
Examples
- La puerta está abierta.The door is open.
- Cierra la puerta, por favor.Close the door, please.
- Hay dos puertas en la cocina.There are two doors in the kitchen.
- Las puertas del museo abren a las diez.The museum doors open at ten.
- La llave está junto a la puerta.The key is next to the door.
- ¿Puedes abrir una puerta?Can you open a door?
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Match the adjective to the feminine noun: say la puerta está abierta, not masculine abierto.
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Choose the feminine adjective: La puerta está ___. (abierta / abierto)
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abierta
Abierta is feminine singular to agree with puerta.
Choose the plural after dos: Hay dos ___ en la cocina. (puertas / puerta)
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puertas
Puertas is plural because dos counts two doors.
Choose the singular after la: Cierra la ___, por favor. (puerta / puertas)
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puerta
Puerta is singular after the singular article la.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Spanish sentences where available. We keep your score.
Choose the feminine adjective: La puerta está ___. (abierta / abierto)
Choose the plural after dos: Hay dos ___ en la cocina. (puertas / puerta)
Choose the singular after la: Cierra la ___, por favor. (puerta / puertas)
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Tap the words in the right order.
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