Spanish · Correos / envíos
There is a notice in your letterbox about a registered letter: what to say in Spanish
There is a notice in the postbox about a registered letter.
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How it's done. If you were not at home the postman leaves an aviso de llegada: take it and your document to the office to collect the letter, which is kept for a few weeks.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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YOU START
Buenos días, tengo un aviso de llegada de una carta certificada.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, TAYN-goh oon uh-BEE-soh deh yeh-GAH-duh deh OO-nuh KAHR-tuh sehr-tee-fee-KAH-duh.
Good morning, I have a notice of arrival for a registered letter.
THEY SAY
¿Me enseña el aviso y su documento?Meh ayn-SEH-nyuh el uh-BEE-soh ee soo doh-koo-MAYN-toh?
May I see the notice and your document?
They might also say:
Déme el aviso y su pasaporte, por favor.
DEH-meh el uh-BEE-soh ee soo puh-suh-POR-teh, por fuh-BOR.
Give me the notice and your passport, please.
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YOU REPLY
Aquí tiene los dos.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh los dos.
Here are both.
THEY SAY
Firme aquí, por favor. Aquí tiene su carta.FEER-meh uh-KEE, por fuh-BOR. Uh-KEE TYEH-neh soo KAHR-tuh.
Sign here, please. Here is your letter.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias, hasta luego.
GRAH-syuhs, AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
Thanks, goodbye.
THEY SAY
Hasta luego. Que tenga buen día.AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN DEE-uh.
See you later. Have a good day.
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
tengo
TAYN-goh
verb
I have
aviso
uh-BEE-soh
noun
notice, warning
llegada
yeh-GAH-duh
noun
arrival
carta
KAHR-tuh
noun
letter
23 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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