italiano · A2 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
At the airport
Follow check-in, baggage, gate, delay, and boarding information.
Understand the choice
Airport words appear in conversation and on displays. Link numero del volo, partenza, gate, carta d’imbarco, bagaglio, and imbarco into one travel sequence.
Core rule: Essere in ritardo describes a delayed service; fare il check-in and imbarcare il bagaglio are standard actions.
Notice it in context
Il nostro volo è in ritardo, ma il gate è ancora aperto.
Our flight is delayed, but the gate is still open.
Volo and gate are subjects of coordinated essere clauses; in ritardo is fixed.
Imbarchiamo il bagaglio e controlliamo la carta d’imbarco.
We check the luggage and boarding pass.
Bagaglio and carta d’imbarco are two check-in objects.
L’arrivo cambia a causa del ritardo.
The arrival changes because of the delay.
Arrivo is schedule information; ritardo is the cause.
What to remember
- Bagaglio can be countable; bagagli is the common plural for luggage.
- Gate is normally invariable in Italian usage.
Common trap: Do not say il volo ha ritardo. Standard Italian uses è in ritardo or ha un ritardo.