finger

boarding gate

noun FEEN-gehr Rare

Origin: English loanword 'finger', used metaphorically because the jetway extends like a finger from the terminal.

Also means

jet bridge

Usage Note

Finger is an English loanword adopted into Spanish airport vocabulary, used specifically for the enclosed boarding bridge that connects a terminal to an aircraft door. It is masculine (el finger). In Spanish airports the word is standard and well understood; alternatives such as pasarela de embarque or manga exist but finger dominates signage and announcements. Its plural is fingers (the English plural is kept).

Examples

"Salida por el finger de la puerta doce."

Natural Translation

Departure through the boarding gate of door twelve.

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