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Airport Spanish
Five countries, four words for your ticket. Here are the airport words that change.
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The test
We read 13 official passenger pages from Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Chile.
19,943 words of official Spanish, counted word by word.
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Billete
Your ticket is a billete in Spain, a boleto in Mexico and a tiquete in Colombia.
In Argentina and Chile, it is a pasaje.
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Demora
Spain's pages said retraso 12 times and demora not once.
In Colombia, demora won, 11 to 5.
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Facturar
In Spain you facturar a bag. In Mexico you documentar it.
Aena says most airlines close check-in 45 minutes before the flight.
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Bandejas
At security, everything from your pockets goes in the trays.
Take out electronics and liquids. Liquids go in containers of 100 ml or less.
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Pase de abordar
Mexico and Colombia print pase de abordar. Spain and Chile print tarjeta de embarque.
In Colombia, your gate area can be el muelle.
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Han cancelado
Han cancelado mi vuelo. They have cancelled my flight.
A plural verb with no subject: Spanish does this when the doer is vague.
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Sobreventa
Mexico, Colombia and Chile wrote sobreventa for overbooking.
Spain's pages wrote denegación de embarque.
Tap for every phrase, the country table and what you are owed.