What does it mean word for word?
The phrase puerta enrollable is composed of puerta, meaning door and the adjective enrollable, meaning rollable or capable of being rolled up.
Which one should you use?
Persiana Enrollable is a formal expression often used in business or commercial settings. In retail contexts, specifically when referring to a metal roll-up door, persiana metálica is a common term used across many Spanish-speaking countries.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, Puerta Enrollable is a common term, while Puerta de Enrollar is used in everyday conversations. In Spain, the term Persiana Enrollable might be occasionally employed.
How does it change in a sentence?
To express the plural 'roll up doors', both the noun and the adjective must be pluralized, resulting in puertas enrollables.
How do you pronounce it?
/pweɾta enroʝable/
Did you know?
- If you call a commercial metal roll-up door a persiana, you are literally calling it a 'blind' or a 'window shutter'.
- The word puerta shares a common ancestor with the English word 'port', as both stem from the Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to go through' or 'a passage'.
- In many Spanish cities, the sound of persianas metálicas rattling open and shut at dawn is considered the quintessential auditory signal that the local commerce of the neighborhood is waking up.
Examples in context
- La tienda tiene una puerta enrollable.The shop has a roll up door.
- No puedo subir la puerta enrollable.I cannot lift the roll up door.
- Necesitamos arreglar la puerta enrollable del garaje.We need to fix the garage's roll up door.
Example conversation
Mateo and Lucía are standing in front of a closed shop.
- Mateo¿Puedes abrir la puerta enrollable?Can you open the roll up door?
- LucíaNo, la puerta enrollable está trabada.No, the roll up door is stuck.
- Mateo¡Qué mal! Llámale al técnico.That's too bad! Call the technician.
- LucíaSí, lo haré ahora mismo.Yes, I will do it right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries puerta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
