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After you land, how do you ask, 'Where is customs?'

¿Dónde está la aduana?

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  1. ¿Dónde está la aduana? ✔
  2. ¿Dónde está la salida?
  3. ¿Dónde está el equipaje?

Why: Aduana is customs. It is feminine, so it is la aduana. Follow the signs for aduana before leaving the airport.

Huh, didn't know that: Aduana comes from an Arabic word for an administrative office.

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Answer: ¿Dónde está la aduana?. Aduana is customs. It is feminine, so it is la aduana. Follow the signs for aduana before leaving the airport.

  1. FSI Spanish Basic Course, Volume 2 Student Text (US government, public domain) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Spanish/Basic/Volume%202/Fsi-SpanishBasicCourse-Volume2-StudentText.pdf
    Vamos a ver dónde está la aduana. [Let's see where the customs office is.]
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. Wiktionary: aduana (secondary check) en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aduana
    from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān), administrative office
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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