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correo electrónico

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “correo electrónico” mean in English?

  1. email

Example sentences

  • ¿Cuál es tu correo electrónico?

    What's your email?

  • Mi correo es maria@example.com.

    My email is maria@example.com.

  • Te mando un correo.

    I'll send you an email.

How to use it

Correo electrónico means 'email' (formal Spanish). Masculine: el correo electrónico. Often shortened to email or correo. The arroba (@) is 'arroba'.

Common mistake

@ in Spanish is 'arroba' — when reading an email aloud: 'maría arroba ejemplo punto com'. The 'punto' = dot.

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.