Spanish · Correos / envíos
You buy stamps and post a letter: what to say in Spanish
You buy stamps and send a letter.
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How it's done. A stamp is a sello; a letter is posted at Correos or in the yellow postbox; for another country say carta internacional.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Buenos días, quiero enviar una carta a Ucrania.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, KYEH-roh ayn-BYAHR OO-nuh KAHR-tuh uh Oo-KRAH-nyuh.
Good morning, I want to send a letter to Ukraine.
THEY SAY
¿Ordinaria o certificada?Or-dee-NAH-ryuh oh sehr-tee-fee-KAH-duh?
Ordinary or registered?
They might also say:
¿La quiere normal o certificada?
Lah KYEH-reh nor-MAHL oh sehr-tee-fee-KAH-duh?
Do you want it normal or registered?
2
YOU REPLY
Ordinaria, por favor. ¿Cuánto cuesta?
Or-dee-NAH-ryuh, por fuh-BOR. Koo-AHN-toh koo-ES-tuh?
Ordinary, please. How much is it?
THEY SAY
Dos euros con ochenta.Dos EH-oo-ros kohn oh-CHAYN-tuh.
Two euros eighty.
3
YOU FINISH
Aquí tiene. Gracias.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. GRAH-syuhs.
Here you are. Thank you.
THEY SAY
Gracias a usted. Que llegue pronto.GRAH-syuhs uh oos-TED. Keh YEH-geh PROHN-toh.
Thank you. May it arrive soon.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
enviar
ayn-BYAHR
verb
to send
carta
KAHR-tuh
noun
letter
certificada
sehr-tee-fee-KAH-duh
adjective
registered (feminine)
19 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
Similar situations
There is a notice in your letterbox about a registered letterCorreos / envíos · A2 in the app
→You send a parcel to UkraineCorreos / envíos · B1 in the app
→You change your address and ask for your post to be forwardedCorreos / envíos · A2 in the app
→You ask where your parcel is using the tracking numberCorreos / envíos · A2 in the app
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