La mesa electoral está aquí.

to be

Breakdown of La mesa electoral está aquí.

• aquí: here
• la mesa electoral: the polling bureau

Questions & Answers about La mesa electoral está aquí.

What exactly does mesa electoral mean in Spain?

Literally, it means electoral table. In Spain, though, mesa electoral is a fixed election-related term. It usually refers to the table/board at a polling place where the voting process is managed, and by extension it can refer to the election officials assigned to that table. Depending on context, English translations might be polling table, polling board, or sometimes more loosely polling station.

Why is it la and not el?

Because mesa is a feminine noun in Spanish, so it takes the feminine singular article la. The article agrees with the noun, not with the English meaning.

• la mesa
• la mesa electoral

Why doesn’t electoral change for feminine?

Not all Spanish adjectives have different masculine and feminine forms. Adjectives ending in -al usually stay the same for both genders.

So you get:

• el proceso electoral
• la mesa electoral

In both cases, electoral stays electoral.

Why is it está and not es?