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Abre la puerta, por favor.

Abre la puerta, por favor.
Open the door, please.
From Lesson 61:Affirmative commands (tú, vosotros)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Abre la puerta, por favor.

abrir
to open
la puerta
the door
por favor
please

Questions & Answers about Abre la puerta, por favor.

Why is the command for "open" abre and not "abres"?
To give an affirmative command to a single person you call tú (informal "you"), you drop the final -s from the normal present tense tú form. Since "you open" is tú abres, the command "open!" becomes abre.
Wait, isn't abre also the form for "he/she opens"?
Yes! A helpful trick for remembering regular affirmative tú commands is that they look exactly the same as the present tense form for él/ella/usted. So, él abre means "he opens", but used as a command, abre means "(you) open!".
How would I say this if I was telling a group of friends to open the door?
In Spain, you use the vosotros command for a group of people you are informal with. To form this command, take the infinitive verb (abrir), drop the final -r, and add a -d. So, you would say: Abrid la puerta, por favor.
Can I put por favor at the beginning of the sentence?
Yes, you can absolutely say Por favor, abre la puerta. Just like in English, this polite phrase can go at the beginning or the end of your request.

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