El bulto tiene un asa.

to have

Breakdown of El bulto tiene un asa.

• un: a
• el bulto: the item of luggage
• el asa: the handle

Questions & Answers about El bulto tiene un asa.

What does bulto mean here?

Bulto is a fairly general word. Here it means something like bundle, package, parcel, or bulky item.

In Spain, bulto is often used for a piece of luggage, a wrapped-up object, or something that forms a noticeable mass. So the exact English translation depends on context.

For example:

• un bulto sospechoso = a suspicious package
• llevar muchos bultos = to carry a lot of bags/packages

In this sentence, it simply refers to some object that has a handle.

Why is it el bulto and not la bulta?

Because bulto is a masculine noun, so it takes the masculine article el.

Spanish nouns have grammatical gender, and you usually just have to learn each noun with its gender:

• el bulto
• un bulto

The ending -o often suggests a masculine noun, and that is true here.

Why is it un asa and not una asa if asa is feminine?