La bisagra de la puerta hace ruido cuando la abro.

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Breakdown of La bisagra de la puerta hace ruido cuando la abro.

• hacer: to make
• cuando: when
• abrir: to open

Questions & Answers about La bisagra de la puerta hace ruido cuando la abro.

Why is it la bisagra and la puerta? Are both nouns feminine?

Yes. Both bisagra and puerta are feminine singular nouns, so they take la.

• la bisagra
• la puerta

That is also why the object pronoun later is la in la abro: it refers back to la puerta, which is feminine singular.

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What exactly is bisagra?

Bisagra means hinge, the metal part that lets a door open and close.

In this sentence, la bisagra de la puerta means the door hinge or more literally the hinge of the door.

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Why does Spanish say la bisagra de la puerta instead of something like la puerta bisagra?