At the Airport — Spanish Reading (Level A1)
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This article teaches basic Spanish vocabulary about the airport departure process. Level A1 — suitable for beginners. You will learn 30 aviation words and verbs like llegar, ir, buscar, subir.
Primero, voy al mostrador de mi aerolínea. Una persona amable me dice: Buenos días, ¿tiene usted su pasaporte? Sí, aquí está mi pasaporte nuevo. Ella sonríe y toma mi maleta.
Después, voy a la seguridad. Necesito poner mi mochila en una bandeja. También quito mi cinturón y mi chaqueta. Un guardia revisa todo con una máquina especial.
Luego, busco mi puerta de embarque. La puerta número doce está lejos, entonces camino mucho. Por el camino veo un café y compro un refresco.
En la puerta de embarque, hay muchos viajeros. Algunos leen libros, otros miran sus teléfonos. Yo escucho música en mis auriculares.
Una voz dice: Atención, el vuelo a Madrid sale en veinte minutos. Me levanto y hago cola. El empleado revisa mi billete y dice: Bienvenido a bordo.
Subo al avión y busco mi asiento. El asiento veintitrés está al lado de la ventanilla. Guardo mi mochila arriba y me siento. Estoy listo para volar.
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What you'll learn
30 aviation words, verbs llegar/ir/buscar/subir, airport location names
This article teaches basic Spanish vocabulary about the airport departure process. Level A1 — suitable for beginners. You will learn 30 aviation words and verbs like llegar, ir, buscar, subir.
After reading
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
voy al mostrador de mi aerolínea
newI go to my airline counter
Voy al mostrador de mi aerolínea is the first step of airport check-in.
Essential phrase for the check-in scene in the article.
¿tiene usted su pasaporte?
newdo you have your passport?
¿Tiene usted su pasaporte? is a formal question at the check-in counter.
Typical airport staff question in the dialogue.
aquí está mi pasaporte nuevo
newhere is my new passport
Aquí está mi pasaporte nuevo is the reply when showing your document.
Ready-made answer in the passport scene.
puerta de embarque
newboarding gate
Puerta de embarque is where passengers wait before entering the plane.
Key location in the narrator's airport route.
hago cola
newI get in line / stand in line
Hago cola means to wait in a queue before boarding.
Action before ticket check at the gate.
Bienvenido a bordo
newwelcome aboard
Bienvenido a bordo is the greeting when you board the plane.
Official phrase at the boarding moment.
al lado de la ventanilla
newnext to the window
Al lado de la ventanilla describes a seat beside the airplane window.
Useful for choosing a seat in the cabin.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Suitcase
maleta
suitcase
Maleta is a large travel bag; the narrator arrives with one.
Main luggage in the opening sentence.
Passport
pasaporte
passport
Pasaporte is the required document at the check-in counter.
Central document in the staff dialogue.
Backpack
mochila
backpack
Mochila is the small bag placed in a tray at security.
Appears in the security check scene.
Ticket
billete
ticket / boarding pass
Billete is the document checked before boarding at the gate.
Required to enter the plane in the text.
Window seat
ventanilla
window (airplane window)
Ventanilla is the airplane window; seat 23 is beside it.
Helps describe a preferred seat in the cabin.
Seat
asiento
seat
Asiento is the airplane seat the narrator looks for after boarding.
Key word in the final paragraph.
Security
seguridad
security (checkpoint)
Seguridad is the area where bags are screened before the gate.
Second step in the narrator's airport route.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present: llego
Llego al aeropuerto con mi maleta
I arrive at the airport
Llego is the yo form of llegar in present tense; it opens the story.
Shows present tense for describing arrival.
Hay: existence
Hay muchas tiendas y restaurantes dentro
there are many shops and restaurants
Hay + plural noun states that something exists inside the airport.
Typical pattern for describing facilities.
Usted: formal you
¿tiene usted su pasaporte?
do you have (formal)
Tiene usted uses formal address; the verb matches usted in third person.
Important for polite airport interactions.
Ser: es un lugar
El aeropuerto es un lugar grande
the airport is a big place
Es + noun with ser defines what the airport is (un lugar grande).
Shows ser for describing a place.
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