Questions & Answers about El portero deja un aviso en el ascensor.
What does portero mean here? Is it goalkeeper?
Not in this sentence.
In Spanish, portero can mean different things depending on context:
- goalkeeper in sports
- doorman / concierge / building caretaker in a building
Here, because the sentence talks about leaving a notice in the elevator, el portero means the building porter / concierge / caretaker.
In Spain, this is a very common meaning of portero.
Why is it el portero and not just portero?
Spanish usually uses the definite article more often than English.
So el portero means:
- the porter
- or sometimes the building porter, referring to the person in that role
Even when English might say something like the concierge or just concierge in a general context, Spanish often keeps the article.
What tense is deja?
Deja is the third-person singular present tense of dejar.
So it means:
- he leaves
- she leaves
- it leaves
- or sometimes does leave / is leaving, depending on context
Here, with el portero, it means the porter leaves.
Why does deja not mean here? I thought meant .