Spanish · Correos / envíos
You change your address and ask for your post to be forwarded: what to say in Spanish
You change address and ask for your mail to be redirected.
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How it's done. Mail redirection is reexpedición: at Correos you set up the service so letters from the old address arrive at the new one; say Me he mudado.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
Buenas tardes, me he mudado y quiero que me reenvíen la correspondencia.
Boo-EH-nuhs TAHR-des, meh eh moo-DAH-doh ee KYEH-roh keh meh reh-ayn-BEE-ayn lah kor-res-pohn-DAYN-syuh.
Good afternoon, I've moved and I want my mail to be forwarded.
THEY SAY
Se llama reexpedición. Necesito su documento y la dirección nueva.Seh YAH-muh reh-eks-peh-dee-SYOHN. Neh-seh-SEE-toh soo doh-koo-MAYN-toh ee lah dee-rek-SYOHN noo-EH-buh.
It's called redirection. I need your document and the new address.
They might also say:
Es un servicio de reexpedición. ¿Tiene su documento y la nueva dirección?
Es oon sehr-BEE-syoh deh reh-eks-peh-dee-SYOHN. TYEH-neh soo doh-koo-MAYN-toh ee lah noo-EH-buh dee-rek-SYOHN?
It's a redirection service. Do you have your document and the new address?
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YOU REPLY
Aquí lo tiene. La nueva dirección es calle Goya, doce, segundo.
Uh-KEE loh TYEH-neh. Lah noo-EH-buh dee-rek-SYOHN es KAH-eh GOH-ah, DOH-seh, seh-GOON-doh.
Here you are. The new address is calle Goya, twelve, second floor.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Son unos treinta euros por tres meses.Mooy byayn. Sohn OO-nos TRAYN-tuh EH-oo-ros por tres MEH-ses.
Very well. It's about thirty euros for three months.
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YOU FINISH
De acuerdo, gracias.
Deh uh-koo-EHR-doh, GRAH-syuhs.
All right, thanks.
THEY SAY
A usted. La reexpedición empieza la semana que viene.Uh oos-TED. Lah reh-eks-peh-dee-SYOHN em-PYEH-suh lah seh-MAH-nuh keh BYEH-neh.
Thank you. The forwarding starts next week.
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
Buenas
Boo-EH-nuhs
adjective
good (feminine plural)
tardes
TAHR-des
noun
afternoons, evenings
he
eh
verb
I have (auxiliary)
mudado
moo-DAH-doh
verb
moved
quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
reenvíen
reh-ayn-BEE-ayn
verb
forward
38 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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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