algo está abierto
/alɡo esta abjeɾto/from spelling rules
In Spanish, the phrase for "something is open" is algo está abierto.
If you want to ask if a place is open, you can say ¿Está abierto? or more specifically ¿Está abierto/a el/la [place]? To express that something has recently become open, you can use Ya está abierto/a (It is already open). To refer to the past, use Estuvo abierto/a (It was open).
Which one should you use?
Use the verb estar (está) rather than ser (es) because open describes a state or condition rather than an inherent characteristic.
How does it change in a sentence?
When referring to specific places, the masculine form abierto is used if the noun is masculine and the feminine form abierta is used if the noun is feminine.
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, the 'siesta' custom means that a shop might be cerrado (closed) in the afternoon and only abierto again in the evening.
- The Spanish word abierto shares a distant ancestor with the English word 'overt', both tracing back to roots meaning 'to uncover' or 'to reveal'.
- If you say a person is abierto, you are not saying they are physically unfastened, but rather that they are 'open-minded' or easy to talk to.
Examples in context
- La tienda está abiertaThe store is open
- El museo está abiertoThe museum is open
- El restaurante se encuentra abiertoThe restaurant is open
- El parque se encuentra abiertoThe park is open
- El café está abiertoThe café is open
- El cine ya está abiertoThe cinema is already open
- La peluquería ya está abiertaThe hair salon is already open
- Los museos están abiertosThe museums are open
- Las tiendas están abiertasThe stores are open
- Algo está abierto en la cocina.Something is open in the kitchen.
- Me parece que algo está abierto.It seems to me that something is open.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries abierto, algo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
