Está abierto! (the door)

Question

I have been watching a Spanish sitcom. The woman inside the house hears a knock at the door and shouts ¡Está abierto! (It's open!). This caught my attention because she is obviously refering to the door - La puerta - feminine. To my mind she should have said "Está abierta"

.....but native speakers don't make these kind of mistakes, right?

Should she have said "abierto" or "abierta" ?

Thanks and have a good Sunday.

Spanish people here in Spain do make gender mistakes and often. Maybe its because I live in the Murcia region where the accent is dreadful, phrases are truncated to the point of meaning nothing and nouns are frequently given the wrong gender. - MaureenPeters, Aug 15, 2010

I didn't know that, Maureen. Thanks - patch, Aug 15, 2010

Great question, Patch. - --Mariana--, Aug 15, 2010

Shocking, MaureenPeter! - MacFadden, Aug 15, 2010

Answer 1

Está abierto -> El establecimiento, el hogar ( the store, home )

Está abierta -> La puerta (the door), la casa ( the house)

Good answer K, I was trying to come up with some masculine noun that it could refer to but everything possible seemed feminine lol, the gate, the entrance, etc etc :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 15, 2010

Answer 2

Did you have subtitles on ? Cause I often cannot hear the difference and think the same thing you just thought. Then I turn on the subtitles and realize that the person on TV said it right and I just misheard.

Otherwise I agree with your statement 100%.

"abierto" is a masc./fem. adjective and what if not the door would it modify ?

Answer 3

Patch

I believe you missed a few accent marks in your last comment.

Así (for correct stress)

situación (again for correct stress)

éso (not a demonstrative adjective here but a pronoun. I could be wrong though - anymone ?)

Thanks stucky. I think you're right - I'm just a lazy typist jejeje :) - patch, Oct 31, 2010

Answer 4

I'm bumping this thread because I'd like some more opinions.

In the context above, which would you say and why?

Thanks again folks

Patch! Muack! - cogumela, Oct 31, 2010

¿Un beso? pues - muack "back" jejeje - patch, Oct 31, 2010

Answer 5

éso is not a word

Answer 6

kawalero dijo:

Está abierto -> El establecimiento, el hogar ( the store, home )

Está abierta -> La puerta (the door), la casa ( the house)

Asi que las dos opciones son correctas y depende de como veas la situacion. Eso no se me había ocurrido nunca Kawalero. Acabo de aprender una cosa muy importante, muchas gracias.

Answer 7

Patch, I think that I'd say:

Está abierto or está abierta.

Fifty-fifty

Los dos me suenan bien.

Vale - lo acepto entonces. Muchas gracias :) - patch, Oct 31, 2010

Answer 8

Thanks Stucky, at least I now know that my grammar is okay (but maybe I should get my ears checked!)

lol - I was going to ask if that might have been the problem too but didn't want to seem impolite lol Still, Stucky put it very nicely :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 15, 2010

:-) - patch, Aug 15, 2010