Learn Spanish (Spain): La puerta del baño está abierta.

La puerta del baño está abierta.

The bathroom door is open.

Breakdown of La puerta del baño está abierta.

la puerta

the door

estar

to be (location/state)

Questions & Answers about La puerta del baño está abierta.

Why is there a del in this sentence instead of just de?

In Spanish, when the preposition de (of) is immediately followed by the masculine word for "the" (el), they combine into a single word: del. Since baño is masculine (el baño), de + el becomes del.

Why doesn't it say el baño puerta for "the bathroom door"?

Spanish doesn't stack nouns together like we do in English, where "bathroom" acts as a descriptor for "door". Instead, you use de (of) to show what the door belongs to or is associated with. You literally say "the door of the bathroom" (la puerta del baño).

Why do we use está for "is" instead of es?

We use está (from the verb estar) because being open is a state or condition. The door isn't permanently open; someone can close it. We use estar for states and conditions, while the other verb for "to be" (ser) is for more permanent characteristics.

Why does the word for open end in an "a" (abierta)?

Adjectives (describing words) in Spanish have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Here, the word for open is describing la puerta (the door), which is feminine. Therefore, the base word abierto changes to abierta to match.