El transportín está en el centro de acogida.

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Breakdown of El transportín está en el centro de acogida.

• estar: to be
• el centro de acogida: the reception centre
• el transportín: the pet carrier

Questions & Answers about El transportín está en el centro de acogida.

What does transportín mean exactly?

In Spain, transportín usually means a carrier or pet carrier: the box or container used to transport an animal, especially a cat or small dog.

It is a very common word in pet-related contexts in Spain. In other kinds of Spanish, people might also say transportadora or use other terms depending on the country.

Why is it el transportín? How do I know it’s masculine?

Because transportín is a masculine noun, so it takes el.

There is no simple rule that all nouns ending in -ín are masculine, but many are. In practice, you learn the noun together with its article:

• el transportín
• el jardín
• el calcetín

So it’s best to memorize nouns with their article, not by themselves.

Why does the sentence use está instead of es?