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You ask for your post to be forwarded to your new address: what to say in Spanish
You ask to forward mail to a new address.
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How it's done. Mail forwarding is reexpedición: arranged at the post office with ID and the new address for several months; it is a paid service.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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1
YOU START
Me he mudado y quisiera que me reenvíen la correspondencia.
Meh eh moo-DAH-doh ee kee-SYEH-ruh keh meh reh-ayn-BEE-ayn lah kor-res-pohn-DAYN-syuh.
I've moved and would like my mail forwarded.
THEY SAY
Es el servicio de reexpedición. ¿Por cuánto tiempo?Es el sehr-BEE-syoh deh reh-eks-peh-dee-SYOHN. Por koo-AHN-toh TYEHM-poh?
That's the forwarding service. For how long?
They might also say:
Se llama reexpedición. ¿Durante cuánto tiempo la quiere?
Seh YAH-muh reh-eks-peh-dee-SYOHN. Doo-RAHN-teh koo-AHN-toh TYEHM-poh lah KYEH-reh?
It's called reexpedición. For how long do you want it?
2
YOU REPLY
Por seis meses.
Por says MEH-ses.
For six months.
THEY SAY
Rellene este formulario con la nueva dirección.Reh-EH-neh ES-teh for-moo-LAH-ryoh kohn lah noo-EH-buh dee-rek-SYOHN.
Fill in this form with the new address.
3
YOU FINISH
Ya lo he rellenado. ¿Cuánto cuesta?
Yah loh eh reh-eh-NAH-doh. Koo-AHN-toh koo-ES-tuh?
I've filled it in. How much is it?
THEY SAY
Son cincuenta euros por seis meses.Sohn seen-koo-AYN-tuh EH-oo-ros por says MEH-ses.
It's fifty euros for six months.
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
he
eh
verb
I have (auxiliary)
mudado
moo-DAH-doh
verb
moved
quisiera
kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
reenvíen
reh-ayn-BEE-ayn
verb
forward
correspondencia
kor-res-pohn-DAYN-syuh
noun
correspondence, mail
Es
Es
verb
is
26 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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