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El acceso está restringido para todos, menos para nosotros.

El acceso está restringido para todos, menos para nosotros.
Access is restricted for everyone, except for us.
From Lesson 270:Exclusion markers (excepto, salvo)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El acceso está restringido para todos, menos para nosotros.

Could I use excepto or salvo instead of menos in this sentence?
Yes! In this context, menos, excepto, and salvo all mean the exact same thing and are completely interchangeable. Menos is just very common in everyday spoken Spanish. You could just as easily say ... excepto para nosotros or ... salvo para nosotros.
Why is the word para repeated after menos?
When you are excluding a phrase that starts with a preposition (like para todos), it is standard and sounds much more natural to repeat that preposition after the exclusion marker. This creates a parallel structure: para todos, menos para nosotros (for everyone, except for us).
Why does the sentence use está instead of es for "is restricted"?
We use estar with past participles (like restringido) to describe a state or condition that is the result of an action. Someone restricted the access, and now it is in a restricted state. If we used ser, it would focus on the passive action of the restriction taking place, rather than describing its current condition.
Why does restringido end in -o?
In this sentence, the past participle restringido is functioning as an adjective to describe el acceso. Because it acts as an adjective, it must agree in gender and number with the noun it describes, which is masculine and singular.

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