At the Airport

From the check-in counter to the boarding gate, an airport asks you dozens of small questions, and this topic teaches you how to answer every one of them in Spanish.

What you'll learn

You'll follow one continuous conversation between a traveler and airport staff as he checks his luggage, passes through security, finds his gate, and handles a delayed flight. Along the way you'll pick up dozens of useful words and phrases, from la maleta and el pase de abordar to complete questions like ¿Dónde queda la puerta doce?. It's the practical, high-frequency Spanish that a trip through any Latin American airport actually requires.

How the practice works

Each quiz plays out like a chat on your phone. You watch a realistic conversation unfold and take part in it by assembling sentences word by word, which trains your reading, your grammar instincts, and your ear all at once, since every line comes with audio recorded by native speakers. Sessions are short enough to fit into a coffee break, and you can repeat any quiz whenever you like to refresh your memory before a trip.

The two Spanish words for boarding

Spanish has two common verbs for getting on a plane. In Latin America the everyday choice is abordar, which is why your boarding pass is called el pase de abordar and gate announcements invite passengers forward with forms of the same verb. These quizzes teach you this Latin American usage, so the phrases you practice here are the ones you'll actually hear over the loudspeakers from Mexico City to Bogotá.

1. Check-in and Baggage (part 1 of 3)

The check-in counter is the very first conversation of any trip, and this quiz gets you ready for it. You'll step into the shoes of a traveler flying to Bogotá and handle the whole exchange in Spanish, from greeting the agent to walking away with your boarding pass in hand. Along the way you'll practice the essential vocabulary of checking in: showing your passport, describing your luggage, and answering the agent's questions with confidence. You'll learn to say things like Solo una maleta y un bolso de mano when asked about your bags, understand instructions such as Ponga la maleta en la báscula, por favor, and request the seat you actually want with ¿Puedo elegir mi asiento?. These are exactly the words you'll need at any airline counter in Latin America, and once you've assembled them yourself, word by word, they'll come back to you naturally when a real agent is waiting for your answer.

score: 20% (everyone)

🎧 11 questions

2. Security (part 2 of 3) 🔒

Security lines move fast, and nobody wants to be the person holding everything up because they missed an instruction. This quiz trains you to understand and respond to the quick, no-nonsense Spanish of an airport security checkpoint, so you can move through calmly and know exactly what to do next. You'll follow a traveler through the screening area and pick up the language of trays, detectors, and carry-on rules. You'll practice useful questions like ¿También saco la computadora? and instructions such as Ponga su bolso en la bandeja, then move on to one of the most valuable travel skills there is: asking for directions. When someone tells you Siga derecho y luego gire a la izquierda, you'll know where to go and how far your gate is. These phrases serve you far beyond the airport too, since polite commands and direction words come up everywhere in daily life, from bus terminals to shopping centers across Latin America.

score: 80% (everyone)

🎧 11 questions

3. Delays and Boarding (part 3 of 3) 🔒

Few words make a traveler's heart sink like hearing about a delay, especially in another language. This quiz turns that stressful moment into familiar territory: you'll learn to understand a gate agent's update, ask the right follow-up questions, and find out exactly when and where you'll board. The conversation covers everything that matters when plans change at the gate. You'll practice understanding why a flight is late, with sentences like El avión llegó tarde por el mal tiempo, asking about timing with ¿A qué hora vamos a abordar?, and checking whether your gate has changed. You'll also pick up the warm send-off ¡Que tenga un buen viaje!, the kind of friendly, formal Spanish that airline staff use all over Latin America. Delays, gate changes, and boarding by rows are part of real travel, and being able to handle them without panic is one of the most practical abilities a Spanish learner can build.

score: 40% (everyone)

🎧 11 questions