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How to say "passport" in Spanish

"Passport" in Spanish is pasaporte, pronounced pah-sah-POR-teh (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a masculine noun (el pasaporte, plural los pasaportes).

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How to pronounce pasaporte

Pasaporte is pronounced pah-sah-POR-teh, in IPA /pasaˈpoɾte/. Pasaporte has four syllables, pah-sah-POR-teh, with the stress on the third. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.

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Is pasaporte masculine or feminine?

Pasaporte is masculine, so it takes el (the) and un (a): el pasaporte. The plural is los pasaportes. The ending does not tell you the gender here, so learn the word together with its article: el pasaporte.

Example sentences

Mi pasaporte, por favor
my passport, please

Su pasaporte, por favor.
Your passport, please.

Llevo el pasaporte.
I'm carrying my passport.

"Passport" in Spain and Latin America

Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.

How to remember pasaporte

pasaporte [pah-sah-POR-teh] sounds like the English “passport”. Picture this:

Nearly the same word: pasaporte — the stamp lands like a tiny applause.

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Practice pasaporte

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Word web: pasaporte

Words that live next to pasaporte in the Palabra word web, each with its own English sound-alike and scene. Learning them together makes each one easier to recall.