Airport & Customs

1. Por favor, muestre su pasaporte

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   Spanish follows SVO word order

2. ¿Cuál es el propósito de su visita?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   "Cuál es" = what is

3. ¿Cuántas noches planea quedarse?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Cuántas" = how many

4. ¿Tiene algo que declarar?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   "Tiene" = do you have

5. Mi equipaje no ha llegado todavía

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   "Todavía" = yet

6. Este es equipaje de mano

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Mano" = hand

7. Estoy en tránsito

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Used at transit counters or immigration

   Grammar Note

   "En" = in

8. ¿Dónde está la puerta de embarque?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Dónde" = where; "puerta" alone means door, so the boarding gate is "puerta de embarque"

9. ¿Cuándo comienza el embarque?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Cuándo" = when

10. ¿Dónde está la tienda libre de impuestos?

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Ask after clearing security

    Grammar Note

    "Libre de impuestos" = duty-free

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